Facultative polygyny in the plant-ant Petalomyrmex phylax (Hymenoptera: Formicinae): Sociogenetic and ecological determinants of queen number

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-151

  Dalecky, Ambroise ^a,b,d   Gaume, Laurence ^c   Schatz, Bertrand ^a   Mckey, Doyle ^a   Kjellberg, Finn ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMR AMAP   (France)

^d CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

Ant plant interactions; Cameroon; Inbreeding; Microsatellites; Monogyny; Myrmecophyte; Nest site limitation; Rainforest; Relatedness; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANT; MYRMECOPHYTE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLYGYNY;

FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PETALOMYRMEX PHYLAX;

EID: 26844468833     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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