Queen-worker-brood coadaptation rather than conflict may drive colony resource allocation in the ant Temnothorax curvispinosus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 647-657

  Linksvayer, Timothy A ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste ratio; Intracolonial conflict; Levels of selection; Sex ratio; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANT; COLONY; EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; QUEEN; RELATEDNESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT;

HEXAPODA; TEMNOTHORAX CURVISPINOSUS;

EID: 38849137970     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0489-9     Document Type: Article

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