Aggressions and size-related fecundity of queenless workers in the ant Cataglyphis cursor

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-139

  Clémencet, Johanna ^a   Rome, Quentin ^a   Fédérici, Pierre ^a   Doums, Claudie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ant; Cataglyphis cursor; Fecundity; Parthenogenesis; Worker size

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AGGRESSION; ANT; FECUNDITY; NEPOTISM; PARTHENOGENESIS; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; SIZE EFFECT; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

AGGRESSION; ANT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CATAGLYPHIS CURSOR; COLONY FORMATION; FERTILITY; GENETIC LINE; INSECT SOCIETY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THELYTOKY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PARTHENOGENESIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CATAGLYPHIS CURSOR; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 38049066458     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0304-5     Document Type: Article

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