Alternative reproductive tactics in the queen-size-dimorphic ant Leptothorax rugatulus (Emery) and their consequences for genetic population structure

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 189-197

  Ruppell O ^a,c   Heinze, J ^b   Holldobler B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Life history evolution; Microgynes; Population structure; Reproductive tactics; Size polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; ANT; DIMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

FORMICIDAE; LEPTOTHORAX RUGATULUS;

EID: 0034942382     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100359     Document Type: Article

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