Male size, sperm transfer, and colony fitness in the western harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 324-329

  Wiernasz, Diane C ^a   Sater, Amy K ^a   Abell, Allison J ^a,b   Cole, Blaine J ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Colony fitness; Pogonomyrmex; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

ANT; BODY SIZE; FITNESS; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0035089649     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb01297.x     Document Type: Article

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