Alternative reproductive tactics and the impact of local competition on sex ratios in the ant Hypoponera opacior

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1641-1654

  Foitzik, Susanne ^a   Kureck, Ilka Maria ^a   Rüger, Markus Hannes ^a   Metzler, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive strategies; Local mate competition; Local resource competition; Relatedness; Relatedness asymmetry; Sex allocation; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANT; ASYMMETRY; BREEDING SEASON; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; NEST SITE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEASONALITY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL INSECT; SPERM COMPETITION; WORKER CASTE;

HEXAPODA; HYPOPONERA OPACIOR;

EID: 77956760332     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0977-1     Document Type: Article

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