Alternative mating behaviors of the queen polymorphic ant Temnothorax longispinosus

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 945-950

  Howard, Kenneth J ^a   Kennedy, David ^b  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant; Colony founding; Flight activity; Mating behavior; Queen polymorphism; Temnothorax longispinosus

Indexed keywords

ANT; CALLING BEHAVIOR; COLONY FOUNDING; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MATE ATTRACTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONE; POLYMORPHISM; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLIGHT; LABORATORY; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; TEMNOTHORAX LONGISPINOSUS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

FORMICIDAE; TEMNOTHORAX LONGISPINOSUS;

EID: 34948817218     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0281-8     Document Type: Article

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