Terminal investment: Individual reproduction of ant queens increases with age

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Heinze, Jürgen ^a   Schrempf, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANT; ARTICLE; CARDIOCONDYLA OBSCURIOR; CORAL; DEATH; EGG LAYING; FEMALE FERTILITY; FISH; GROWTH; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; QUEEN (INSECT); REPRODUCTION; STURGEON; TURTLE; WORKER (INSECT); AGE; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACIPENSERIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CARDIOCONDYLA; CARDIOCONDYLA OBSCURIOR; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; TERRAPENE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84859587983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035201     Document Type: Article

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