Competition over workers: Fertility signalling in wingless queens of Hypoponera opacior

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-278

  Foitzik, S ^a,b   Froba J ^b   Ruger M H ^b   Witte, V ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive tactics; Ants; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Fertility signalling; Honest signal; Local resource competition

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; BODY SIZE; DOMINANCE; FERTILITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBON; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORPHOLOGY; ODOR; POLYGYNY; QUEEN; SEX RATIO; SIGNALING; WORKER CASTE;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYPOPONERA OPACIOR;

EID: 79952698958     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-011-0147-0     Document Type: Article

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