Reproductive monopoly enforced by sterile police workers in a queenless ant

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 970-975

  Cuvillier Hot, Virginie ^a,b,c   Lenoir, Alain ^b   Peeters, Christian ^a  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b Parc Grandmont   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons; Fertility signal; Gamergate; Juvenile hormone; Ponerinae; Reproductive skew; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

ANT; FERTILITY; HORMONE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PONERINAE; STREBLOGNATHUS;

EID: 6044270841     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh072     Document Type: Article

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