Wingless ant males adjust mate-guarding behaviour to the competitive situation in the nest

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 339-346

  Kureck, Ilka M ^a   Neumann, Antje ^b   Foitzik, Susanne ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypoponera; Intrasexual conflict; Local mate competition; Mate guarding; Pupal mating; Sexual selection; Social insect

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AGGRESSION; ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COCOON; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COPULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FITNESS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; MALE; MORTALITY; NEST SITE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL INSECT;

HEXAPODA; HYPOPONERA; HYPOPONERA OPACIOR;

EID: 79960557200     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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