Clonal ant societies exhibit fertility-dependent shifts in caste ratios

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-113

  Lecoutey, Emmanuel ^a   Châline, Nicolas ^a   Jaisson, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Caste differentiation; Cerapachys biroi; Fertility signal; Polyphenism; Thelytokous parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANT; CANNIBALISM; CASTE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILITY; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LABOR DIVISION; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHEROMONE; QUEEN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL INSECT; STERILITY; THELYTOKY; WORKER CASTE;

CERAPACHYS BIROI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79952557199     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq182     Document Type: Article

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