Dynamics and genetic structure of argentine ant supercolonies in their native range

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1627-1639

  Vogel, Valérie ^a   Pedersen, Jes S ^b   D'Ettorre, Patrizia ^b   Lehmann, Laurent ^c   Keller, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Linepithema humile; Social evolution; Social insects; Supercolonies; Unicoloniality

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

AGGRESSION; ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HOME RANGE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ARGENTINA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC STRUCTURES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HEXAPODA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 66249083491     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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