Gene flow is maintained by polyandry and male dispersal in the army ant Eciton burchellii

Population Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-236

  Jaffé, Rodolfo ^a   Moritz, Robin F A ^a   Kraus, F Bernhard ^a,b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dependent colony foundation; Eciton; Multiple mating; Nuptial flights; Sibship reconstruction analysis; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANT; DISPERSAL; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; INBREEDING; MALE BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLE MATING; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POLYANDRY; SEX DETERMINATION; SOCIAL INSECT;

ECITON; ECITON BURCHELLI; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 62949168059     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-008-0133-1     Document Type: Article

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