Live and let die: Why fighter males of the ant Cardiocondyla kill each other but tolerate their winged rivals

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-62

  Anderson, Carl ^a,b   Cremer, Sylvia ^a   Heinze, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative dispersal tactics; Ants; Cardiocondyla; Ergatoid males; Fighting; Male dimorphism; Toleration

Indexed keywords

ANT; DIMORPHISM; FIGHTING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MODEL; SOCIAL INSECT; TOLERANCE;

AGAONIDAE; APOIDEA; CARDIOCONDYLA; CARDIOCONDYLA OBSCURIOR; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0037287097     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/14.1.54     Document Type: Article

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