"Selfish worker policing" controls reproduction in a Temnothorax ant

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1449-1457

  Stroeymeyt, Nathalie ^a,b   Brunner, Elisabeth ^a   Heinze, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Dominance; Kin conflict; Temnothorax unifasciatus; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; DOMINANCE; KIN RECOGNITION; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; TEMNOTHORAX; TEMNOTHORAX UNIFASCIATUS;

EID: 34250650569     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0377-3     Document Type: Article

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