Winged queens replaced by reproductives smaller than workers in Mystrium ants

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 280-287

  Molet, Mathieu ^a   Peeters, Christian ^a   Fisher, Brian L ^b  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Caste; Intermorph; Morphology; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANT; BROOD REARING; COLONY FOUNDING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LABOR DIVISION; MORPHOMETRY; POLYMORPHISM; QUEEN; REPLACEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL INSECT;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MANDIBLE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; OVARY FUNCTION; QUEEN (INSECT); REPRODUCTION; WORKER (INSECT);

ANIMALS; ANTS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

CHILOPODA; FORMICIDAE; MYSTRIUM; MYSTRIUM ROGERI;

EID: 33947378347     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0190-2     Document Type: Article

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