Determination of the cost of worker reproduction via diminished life span in the ant diacamma sp.

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1322-1331

  Tsuji, Kazuki ^a,b   Kikuta, Noritsugu ^b   Kikuchi, Tomonori ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c CHIBA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Altruism; Eusociality; Policing; Reproductive trade off; Workload

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ANT; COLONY; EGG PRODUCTION; EUSOCIALITY; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL INSECT; TRADE-OFF; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; JAPAN; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; JAPAN; LONGEVITY; REPRODUCTION;

DIACAMMA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84860157735     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01522.x     Document Type: Article

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