Queen life-span and total reproductive success are positively associated in the ant Cardiocondyla cf. kagutsuchi

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1555-1562

  Heinze, Jürgen ^a   Frohschammer, S ^a   Bernadou, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Formicidae; Life history trade off; Queen fecundity; Queen longevity; Social insect

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; FECUNDITY; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL INSECT; SPERM; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; CARDIOCONDYLA; CARDIOCONDYLA KAGUTSUCHI; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84883806519     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1567-9     Document Type: Article

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