Social dynamics drive selection in cooperative associations of ant queens

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 117-123

  Clark, Rebecca M ^a,b   Fewell, Jennifer H ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant foundress associations; Cooperation; Interacting phenotypes; Pleometrosis; Social dynamics; Social phenotype; Social selection

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENTOMOLOGY; EUSOCIALITY; FITNESS; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; QUEEN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84890711387     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art093     Document Type: Article

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