The role of per-capita productivity in the evolution of small colony sizes in ants

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-53

  Kramer, Boris H ^a   Scharf, Inon ^b   Foitzik, Susanne ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colony size; Leptothorax; Michener effect; Per capita productivity; Productivity; Social insects; Temnothorax

Indexed keywords

ANT; CAVITATION; COLONY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEST SITE; SOCIAL INSECT;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPTOTHORAX; TEMNOTHORAX;

EID: 84891555924     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1620-8     Document Type: Article

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