Why do some social insect queens mate with several males? Testing the sex-ratio manipulation hypothesis in Lasius niger

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 553-562

  Fjerdingstad, Else J ^a,c   Gertsch, Pia J ^b,d   Keller, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ants; Kin selection; Multiple mating; Sex ratio manipulation; Social insects

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; KIN SELECTION; MULTIPLE MATING; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LASIUS; LASIUS NIGER;

EID: 0036221190     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01366.x     Document Type: Article

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