Social and population structure in the ant Cataglyphis emmae.

Dispersal has consequences not only for individual fitness, but also for population dynamics, population genetics and species distribution. Social Hymenoptera show two contrasting colony reproductive strategies, dependent and independent colony foundation modes, and these are often associated to the...

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Main Authors: Michael J Jowers, Laurianne Leniaud, Xim Cerdá, Samer Alasaad, Stephane Caut, Fernando Amor, Serge Aron, Raphaël R Boulay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3767659?pdf=render