Capital and income breeding and the evolution of colony founding strategies in ants

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 316-322

  Johnson, R A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood production; Capital breeding; Colony founding strategies; Income breeding; Life history

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANT; COLONY FOUNDING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEEDING; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

FORMICIDAE; POGONOMYRMEX DESERTORUM;

EID: 33746545076     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-006-0874-9     Document Type: Article

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