A reassessment of the mating system characteristics of the army ant Eciton burchellii

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 402-406

  Kronauer, Daniel J C ^a   Berghoff, Stefanie M ^b   Powell, Scott ^b,c   Denny, A Jay ^b   Edwards, Keith J ^b   Franks, Nigel R ^b   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; GENOTYPE; KIN SELECTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLE MATING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; INSECT SOCIETY; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; SPERM;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOFTWARE;

ECITON BURCHELLI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33746452536     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0121-2     Document Type: Article

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