How ecology shapes caste evolution: Linking resource use, morphology, performance and fitness in a superorganism

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1004-1013

  Powell, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Cephalotes; Colony reproduction; Ecological performance; Soldier

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; NESTING; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE USE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; NESTING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; GENETIC FITNESS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

CEPHALOTES; HEXAPODA;

EID: 65249185725     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01710.x     Document Type: Article

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