Effects of the social environment on the survival and fungal resistance of ant brood

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 467-474

  Purcell, Jessica ^a   Brütsch, Timothée ^a   Chapuisat, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eusociality; Hymenoptera; Maternal effect; Nature versus nurture; Parasite resistance; Polygyny

Indexed keywords

ANT; BROOD DESERTION; BROOD SIZE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EUSOCIALITY; FITNESS; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYGYNY; QUEEN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT; SURVIVAL; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMALIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FORMICA SELYSI; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84856966428     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1293-0     Document Type: Article

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