Shift from independent to dependent colony foundation and evolution of 'multi-purpose' ergatoid queens in mystrium ants (subfamily Amblyoponinae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 198-207

  Molet, Mathieu ^a   Fisher, Brian L ^b   Ito, Fuminori ^c   Peeters, Christian ^a  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Caste; Fission; Gamergate; Intercaste; Morphometry; Nonclaustral

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANT; BODY SIZE; COLONIAL ORGANISM; COLONY STRUCTURE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GAMERGATE; METABOLISM; QUEEN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AMBLYOPONINAE; ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; MYSTRIUM; MYSTRIUM CAMILLAE; MYSTRIUM ROGERI; ONYCHOMYRMEX;

EID: 69449105407     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01257.x     Document Type: Article

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