A test of reproductive skew models in a field population of a multiple-queen ant

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 265-275

  Hammond, R L ^a,c   Bruford, M W ^b   Bourke, A F G ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kin selection; Polygyny; Reproductive skew; Social evolution; Social insect

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANT; CANNIBALISM; COLONY FOUNDING; COLONY STRUCTURE; KIN SELECTION; PARENTAGE; POLYGYNY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEX RATIO; SKEWNESS; WORKER CASTE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

INSECTA; LEPTOTHORAX ACERVORUM;

EID: 33751378160     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0257-2     Document Type: Article

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