Queen-queen competition by precocious male production in multiqueen ant colonies

DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments:: 10.5283/epub.5618

Yamauchi, Katsusuke ; Ishida, Yasuko ; Hashim, Rosli ; Heinze, Jürgen

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Arriving earlier in the breeding area than his rivals may be beneficial for a male when females mate only once or during a short time span. The timing of a male's entrance is usually determined by the male himself, e.g., through returning early from his winter quarters or through accelerated larval development . Here, we document a surprisingly simple way of "first come, first served" in a ...