Intracolonial patterns of reproduction in the queen-size dimorphic ant Leptothorax rugatulus

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 239-247

  Rüppell, Olav ^a,c   Heinze, Jürgen ^b   Hölldobler, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Kin conflict; Queen size dimorphism; Reproductive skew; Selfish microgynes

Indexed keywords

ANT; BODY SIZE; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTION; SKEWNESS;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOTHORAX; LEPTOTHORAX RUGATULUS;

EID: 0036214099     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.2.239     Document Type: Article

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