Intranidal mating, gyne polymorphism, polygyny, and supercoloniality as factors for sympatric and parapatric speciation in ants

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 33-40

  Seifert, Bernhard ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distorted selection; Hybridogenous speciation; Social parasites; Supercoloniality

Indexed keywords

ANT; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; MATING SUCCESS; NEW SPECIES; NUPTIAL GIFT; PARAPATRY; PARASITE; POLYGYNY; POLYMORPHISM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

FORMICA RUFA; FORMICIDAE; LASIUS NEGLECTUS; LASIUS TURCICUS; MYRMICA RUBRA;

EID: 74549150039     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01136.x     Document Type: Article

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