Variation in male body size and reproductive allocation in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica: Estimating variance components and possible trade-offs

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-55

  Sturup M ^a   den Boer, S P A ^a   Nash, D R ^a   Boomsma, J J ^a   Baer, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessory gland size; Fungus growing ants; Sperm length; Sperm number; Sperm viability

Indexed keywords

ANT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; FUNGUS; HERITABILITY; LARVA; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ATTA COLUMBICA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79251596771     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-010-0115-0     Document Type: Article

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