Locally adapted social parasite affects density, social structure, and life history of its ant hosts

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1195-1206

  Foitzik, Susanne ^a   Achenbach, Alexandra ^a   Brandt, Miriam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Coevolutionary arms race; Geographic mosaic; Host parasite interactions; Protomognathus; Selection; Slave making ants; Social insects; Temnothorax

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARMS RACE; COEVOLUTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SYMPATRY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; NEW YORK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WEST VIRGINIA;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PROTOMOGNATHUS; PROTOMOGNATHUS AMERICANUS; TEMNOTHORAX; TEMNOTHORAX LONGISPINOSUS;

EID: 66149102426     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0520.1     Document Type: Article

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