Sex ratio variation in a facultatively polygynous ant with size-dimorphic queens

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-67

  Ruppel 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

Body size; Life history evolution; Queen size dimorphism; Resource allocation; Secondary polygyny; Selfish caste determination; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANT; KIN SELECTION; POLYGYNY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOTHORAX RUGATULUS;

EID: 0036078437     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2002.9522761     Document Type: Article

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