Large-scale regional variation in cooperation and conflict among queens of the desert ant Messor pergandei

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 499-507

  Helms, K R ^a   Helms Cahan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant; Conflict; Cooperation; Cooperative breeding; Geographical variation; Messor pergandei; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTAGONISM; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; LIFE CYCLE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; QUEEN; RANGE EXPANSION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

MESSOR PERGANDEI;

EID: 84865390256     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.05.019     Document Type: Article

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