Sumo wrestling in ants: Major workers fight over male production in Acanthomyrmex ferox

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 318-321

  Gobin, Bruno ^a,b   Ito, Fuminori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; DOMINANCE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKER CASTE;

AGGRESSION; ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CASTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; BOXING; BREEDING; EGG LAYING; INSECT SOCIETY; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WRESTLING;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACANTHOMYRMEX; ACANTHOMYRMEX FEROX; ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0041592753     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0430-7     Document Type: Article

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