Reproductive conflicts and egg discrimination in a socially polymorphic ant

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1655-1663

  Meunier, Joël ^a,b   Delaplace, Luma ^a   Chapuisat, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ants; Formica selysi; Hymenoptera; Nestmate recognition; Social insect; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; POLYMORPHISM; QUEEN; RELATEDNESS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE; WORKER POLICING;

FORMICA SELYSI; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 77956714988     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0979-z     Document Type: Article

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