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Conflict and Cooperation in Ant Societies
Heinze, Jürgen, Hölldobler, B. and Peters, C. (1994) Conflict and Cooperation in Ant Societies. Naturwissenschaften 81 (11), pp. 489-497.Date of publication of this fulltext: 05 Aug 2009 13:59
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.8435
Abstract
We review the different levels of reproductive conflict within ant societies. Workers and queens may disagree about sex allocation and the origin of males. Other conflicts arise between queens in multiply queened colonies and occasionally also between workers. These conflicts are resolved either by manipulation, such as sexual deception, changed mating patterns, or pheromonal signaling, or by ...
We review the different levels of reproductive conflict within ant societies. Workers and queens may disagree about sex allocation and the origin of males. Other conflicts arise between queens in multiply queened colonies and occasionally also between workers. These conflicts are resolved either by manipulation, such as sexual deception, changed mating patterns, or pheromonal signaling, or by physical aggression among nestmates. We outline the conditions under which physical aggression occurs and which behaviors are involved in the regulation of reproductive dominance.
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| Item type | Article |
| Journal or Publication Title | Naturwissenschaften |
| Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
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| Volume: | 81 |
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 11 |
| Page Range: | pp. 489-497 |
| Date | 1994 |
| Institutions | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie > Zoologie/Evolutionsbiologie (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinze) |
| Keywords | MULTIPLE-QUEEN COLONIES; SOCIAL INSECTS; EUSOCIAL HYMENOPTERA; WORKER REPRODUCTION; SOLENOPSIS-INVICTA; SEX-RATIOS; LEPTOTHORAX-CURVISPINOSUS; HARPAGOXENUS-SUBLAEVIS; PHEROMONAL INHIBITION; IRIDOMYRMEX-HUMILIS |
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Status | Published |
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed |
| Created at the University of Regensburg | No |
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-84353 |
| Item ID | 8435 |
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