Pirate ants (Polyergus breviceps) and sympatric hosts (Formica occulta and Formica sp. cf. argentea): Host specificity and coevolutionary dynamics

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 565-572

  Bono, Jeremy M ^a,b   Blatrix, Rumsais ^a,c   Antolin, Michael F ^a   Herbers, Joan M ^a,d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Polygyny; Slave maker; Slave making ants; Slavery; Social parasite

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEVOLUTION; COLONY; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; POLYGYNY; QUEEN; SLAVERY; SOCIAL PARASITISM; TRAJECTORY;

FORMICA; FORMICA OCCULTA; FORMICIDAE; POLYERGUS BREVICEPS;

EID: 34547655482     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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