Extreme reproductive specialization within ant colonies: some queens produce males whereas others produce workers

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1535-1543

  Kümmerli, Rolf ^a   Keller, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ants; breeding system; Formica exsecta; polygyny; reproductive skew; reproductive specialization; social insects

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; EGG PRODUCTION; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; POLYGYNY; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SKEWNESS; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIALIZATION; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMALIA; FORMICA EXSECTA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 35748959000     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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