Morphological evolution in a hyperdiverse clade: The ant genus Pheidole

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-109

  Pie, M R ^a,b   Traniello, J F A ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caste; Division of labour; Graphical modelling; Modularity; Morphological integration; Morphospace; Polyethism; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANT; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GRAPHICAL METHOD; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYETHISM;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHEIDOLE;

EID: 33846114646     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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