Dispersal and population structure of a New World predator, the army ant Eciton burchellii

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1125-1132

  Berghoff, S M ^a   Kronauer, D J C ^b   Edwards, K J ^a   Franks, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Colony fission; Conservation biology; Dependent colony founding; Habitat fragmentation; Inbreeding; Insects; Sex biased dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INBREEDING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR; QUEEN;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; PANAMA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; MALE; PANAMA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ECITON BURCHELLI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 45149118537     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01531.x     Document Type: Article

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