Primary sex ratio regulation by queens in ants (Formicidae) and other social Hymenoptera

Myrmecological News

Volumn 17, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-80

  Aron, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ants; Demography; Ecological constraints; Haplodiploidy; Local competition; Population genetic structure; Queen control; Review; Sex ratio adjustment; Social Hymenoptera

Indexed keywords

APOCRITA; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84866426348     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: 19973500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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