Colony life history and lifetime reproductive success of red harvester ant colonies

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 540-550

  Ingram, Krista K ^a   Pilko, Anna ^b   Heer, Jeffrey ^c   Gordon, Deborah M ^b  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant colony population; Demography; Microsatellites; Parentage analysis

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANT; COLONY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTOMOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIFE TABLE; PARENTAGE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANT; ANT COLONY POPULATION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MICROSATELLITES; PARENTAGE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ANT COLONY POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITES; PARENTAGE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTS; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEW MEXICO; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS;

EID: 84876307865     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12036     Document Type: Article

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