A life history continuum in the males of a neotropical ant assemblage: Refuting the sperm vessel hypothesis

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-197

  Shik, Jonathan Z ^a   Flatt, Deana ^b   Kay, Adam ^c   Kaspari, Michael ^b,d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Lifespan; Mating system; Metabolic scaling; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ANT; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEK; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; NEOTROPICAL REGION; QUEEN; RAINFOREST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPERM; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM COUNT; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; ECTATOMMA RUIDUM; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84863724210     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0884-6     Document Type: Article

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