Seminal fluid enhances sperm viability in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1843-1849

  Den Boer, Susanne P A ^a   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a   Baer, Boris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessory glands; Mating; Social insects; Sperm storage; Sperm transfer; Spermatheca

Indexed keywords

ANT; MATING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; SECRETION; SPERM;

ATTA; ATTA COLUMBICA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 51849108467     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0613-5     Document Type: Article

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