Colony demographics of rare soldier-polymorphic worker caste systems in Pheidole ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 539-549

  Huang, M H ^a   Wheeler, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biomass allocation; Caste ratio; Colony ontogeny; Competitive displacement; Worker polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANT; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DIMORPHISM; ONTOGENY; POLYMORPHISM; RANGE SIZE; SOLDIER CASTE;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHEIDOLE; PHEIDOLE OBTUSOSPINOSA; PHEIDOLE RHEA; PHEIDOLE SPADONIA; PHEIDOLE TEPICANA; RHEA;

EID: 80052574731     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-011-0176-8     Document Type: Article

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