Dual mechanism of queen influence over sex ratio in the ant Pheidole pallidula

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 527-533

  De Menten, Ludivine ^a   Fournier, Denis ^a   Brent, Colin ^b   Passera, Luc ^c   Vargo, Edward L ^b   Aron, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Conflicts; Juvenile hormone; Kin selection; Microsatellites; Primary sex ratio; Social hymenoptera; Split sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANT; KIN SELECTION; QUEEN; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INSECT;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHEIDOLE PALLIDULA;

EID: 26944435163     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0964-0     Document Type: Article

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