Potential and realized reproduction by different worker castes in queen-less and queen-right colonies of Pogonomyrmex badius

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 260-267

  Smith, C R ^a   Schoenick, C ^a,b   Anderson, K E ^c,d   Gadau, J ^c   Suarez, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Male parentage; Polymorphism; Queen removal; Worker reproduction; Worker sons

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; EGG PRODUCTION; KIN SELECTION; MULTIPLE MATING; POLYMORPHISM; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; WORKER CASTE;

APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX BADIUS;

EID: 34548030648     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0940-y     Document Type: Article

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