Influence of queen phenotype, investment and maternity apportionment on the outcome of fights in cooperative foundations of the ant Lasius niger

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1067-1074

  Aron, Serge ^a   Steinhauer, Nathalie ^a   Fournier, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

aggression; black garden ant; colony founding; competition; Lasius niger; microsatellite; pleometrosis; reproductive conflict

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY FOUNDING; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FIGHTING; FITNESS; GENETIC MARKER; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SIZE EFFECT; SOCIAL INSECT; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT; WORKER CASTE;

HEXAPODA; LASIUS NIGER;

EID: 64549144608     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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