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- URN to cite this document:
- urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-295462
- DOI to cite this document:
- 10.5283/epub.29546
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Abstract
We study male parentage and between-colony variation in sex allocation and sexual production in the desert ant Crematogaster smithi, which usually has only one singly-mated queen per nest. Colonies of this species are known to temporarily store nutrients in the large fat body of intermorphs, a specialized female caste intermediate in morphology between queens and workers. Intermorphs repackage at ...
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