Costs and benefits of subordinate queens in colonies of the ant, Leptothorax gredleri

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 513-516

  Heinze, J ^a   Oberstadt, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; DOMINANCE; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COLONY FORMATION; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; INSECT; INSECT SOCIETY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPTOTHORAX; LEPTOTHORAX GREDLERI;

EID: 0344944143     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0467-7     Document Type: Article

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