Sex allocation in the polydomous leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex balzani

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 288-295

  Ichinose, Katsuya ^a   Forti, Luis C ^b   Pretto, Denis R ^b   Nachman, Gösta ^c   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^c  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Logistic regression; Queen worker conflict; Sex ratio; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNGUS; PASTURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUEEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SYMBIOSIS; WORKER CASTE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACROMYRMEX BALZANI; ATTA; FUNGI;

EID: 33847358321     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0063-3     Document Type: Article

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