Colony fusion and worker reproduction after queen loss in army ants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1682, 2010, Pages 755-763

  Kronauer, Daniel J C ^a   Schöning, Caspar ^a,b   D'Ettorre, Patrizia ^a   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Landerinstitut fur Bienenkunde   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altruism; Army ant; Dorylus; Inclusive fitness; Queen death; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ANCESTRY; ANT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLONY FOUNDING; CUTICLE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION GENETICS; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; VISCOSITY;

DORYLUS MOLESTUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77649253345     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1591     Document Type: Article

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