Mating for convenience or genetic diversity? Mating patterns in the polygynous ant Plagiolepis pygmaea

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 298-303

  Trontti, K ^a   Thurin, N ^b   Sundstrom L ^a   Aron, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Convenience polyandry; Genetic variability hypotheses; Inbreeding; Plagiolepis pygmaea; Polyandry; Polygyny

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; GENETIC VARIATION; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLYANDRY; POLYGYNY; POPULATION SIZE; QUEEN;

ANIMALIA; APOCRITA; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PLAGIOLEPIS PYGMAEA;

EID: 33847651810     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl083     Document Type: Article

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