Size and heterozygosity influence partner selection in the Formosan subterranean termite

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 764-773

  Husseneder, Claudia ^a   Simms, Dawn M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Isoptera; Mate choice; Microsatellite genotyping; Morphometry; Relatedness; Rhinotermitidae; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INBREEDING; KIN SELECTION; MATE CHOICE; MONOGAMY; MORPHOMETRY; PAIR BOND; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RELATEDNESS; SIZE EFFECT; SWARMING; TERMITE;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 47649087701     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn041     Document Type: Article

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