Queen-Queen Competition by Precocious Male Production in Multiqueen Ant Colonies

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2424-2427

  Yamauchi, Katsusuke ^a   Ishida, Yasuko ^a   Hashim, Rosli ^b   Heinze, Jürgen ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CARDIOCONDYLA; INSECTA;

EID: 33845460779     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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