Production of winged and wingless males in the ant, Cardiocondyla minutior

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-278

  Heinze, J ^a   Bottcher A ^a   Cremer, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiocondyla; Ergatoid male; Local mate competition; Male polymorphism; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; POLYMORPHISM; SEX ALLOCATION; WING;

CARDIOCONDYLA; CARDIOCONDYLA MINUTIOR; CARDIOCONDYLA OBSCURIOR; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 4344659640     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-004-0740-6     Document Type: Article

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