The role of breeding system on ant ecological dominance: Genetic analysis of Ectatomma tuberculatum

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 701-708

  Zinck, Léa ^a   Jaisson, Pierre ^a   Hora, Riviane R ^b   Denis, Damien ^a   Poteaux, Chantal ^a   Doums, Claudie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau   (Brazil)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ants; Ecological dominance; Interspecific competition; Polydomy; Polygyny

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONIZATION; DOMINANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POLYGAMY; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL INSECT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ECTATOMMA TUBERCULATUM; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34547665022     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm033     Document Type: Article

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