Male fighting and "territoriality" within colonies of the ant Cardiocondyla venustula

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 159-163

  Frohschammer, Sabine ^a   Heinze, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Formicidae; Male reproductive tactics; Sexual selection; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ANT; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FIGHTING; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL INSECT; TERRITORIALITY; TOLERANCE; WING;

ANT; ARTICLE; CARDIOCONDYLA VENUSTULA; FIGHTING; INSECT SOCIETY; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; MANDIBLE; PHYLOGENY; POSTURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TERRITORIALITY;

CARDIOCONDYLA; CARDIOCONDYLA VENUSTULA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 57849129821     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0460-2     Document Type: Article

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