Colony structure in a plant-ant: Behavioural, chemical and genetic study of polydomy in Cataulacus mckeyi (Myrmicinae)

Oecologia

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-204

  Debout, Gabriel ^a   Provost, Erick ^b   Renucci, Marielle ^b   Tirard, Alain ^b   Schatz, Bertrand ^a   McKey, Doyle ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Ant plant interaction; Facultative polydomy; Monogyny; Parasite of mutualism; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY STRUCTURE; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; LEGUME; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PLANT; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBIOSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTS; FABACEAE; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBIOSIS;

CAMEROON;

ANIMALIA; CATAULACUS; CATAULACUS MCKEYI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEONARDOXA; LEONARDOXA AFRICANA; LEONARDOXA AFRICANA SUBSP. AFRICANA; MYRMICINAE; PETALOMYRMEX PHYLAX;

EID: 0142059808     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1330-4     Document Type: Article

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