Egg production and caste allocation in the clonally reproductive ant Vollenhovia emeryi

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1005-1010

  Okamoto, Misato ^a   Ohkawara, Kyohsuke ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ant; clonal reproduction; egg; queen; sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANT; CASTE SYSTEM; CLONAL GROWTH; EGG PRODUCTION; EUSOCIALITY; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; QUEEN; RELATEDNESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TRADE-OFF;

HYMENOPTERA; VOLLENHOVIA EMERYI;

EID: 77955858680     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq093     Document Type: Article

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