The evolution of worker-queen polymorphism in Cataglyphis ants: Interplay between individual-and colony-level selections

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1473-1482

  Amor, Fernando ^a   Ortega, Patrocinio ^a   Jowers, Michael J ^a   Cerdá, Xim ^a   Billen, Johan ^b   Lenoir, Alain ^c   Boulay, Raphaël R ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Zoological Institute   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caste fate conflict; Dispersal; Levels of selection; Queen morphology; Selfish strategy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANT; COLONY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LARVA; POLYMORPHISM; QUEEN; SELECTION; WORKER CASTE;

CATAGLYPHIS; CATAGLYPHIS EMMAE; CATAGLYPHIS FLORICOLA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 79958838914     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1157-7     Document Type: Article

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