Reproductive competition and colony fragmentation in the guest-ant, Formicoxenus provancheri

J. Heinze; T. Gübitz; C. Errard; A. Lenoir; B. Hölldobler

doi:10.1007/BF01923556

Reproductive competition and colony fragmentation in the guest-ant, Formicoxenus provancheri

J. Heinze, T. Gübitz, C. Errard, A. Lenoir, B. Hölldobler

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Abstract

Aggressive reproductive conflicts and dominance interactions among queens are involved in establishing functional monogyny in the ant, Formicoxenus provancheri. Competition among potential reproductives may lead to the founding of new societies by budding or colony fragmentation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	814-816
Number of pages	3
Journal	Experientia
Volume	49
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01923556
State	Published - Sep 1993
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Formicidae
Formicoxenus
budding
colony founding
dominance
reproductive competition

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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)

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