Division of labor is associated with age-independent changes in ovarian activity in Pogonomyrmex californicus harvester ants

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 519-524

  Dolezal, Adam G ^a   Johnson, Joshua ^b   Hölldobler, Bert ^a,c   Amdam, Gro V ^a,d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behavioral physiology; Division of labor; Formicidae; Ovary; Reproductive ground plan; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LABOR; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ARIZONA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; OVARY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; POGONOMYRMEX CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 84875515037     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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