Colony structure of a slavemaking ant. I. Intracolony relatedness, worker reproduction, and polydomy

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 307-315

  Foitzik, Susanne ^a,b   Herbers, Joan M ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Polydomy; Relatedness; Sex ratios; Slavemaking ants; Social insects; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY STRUCTURE; NESTING; POPULATION GENETICS; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PROTOMOGNATHUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0035094831     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb01295.x     Document Type: Article

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