Restricted effective queen dispersal at a microgeographic scale in polygynous populations of the ant Formica exsecta

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2484-2492

  Liautard, Cathy ^a   Keller, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ant; Ecological constraints; Effective dispersal; Formica exsecta; Genetic structure; Mitochondrial DNA; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ANT; DISPERSAL; GENETIC STRUCTURE; POLYGYNY;

ANIMALIA; FORMICA; FORMICA EXSECTA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0035544549     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00763.x     Document Type: Article

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