Male reproductive investment and queen mating-frequency in fungus-growing ants

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 426-432

  Baer, Boris ^a   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accessory glands; Accessory testes; Fungus growing ants; Multiple mating

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; INVESTMENT; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ACROMYRMEX; ACROMYRMEX INSINUATOR; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942594023     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh025     Document Type: Article

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