Heinze, Jürgen, Ortius, Diethe, Kaib, Manfred and Hölldobler, Bert (1994) Interspecific Aaggression in colonies of the slave-making ant Harpagoxenus sublaevis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 35 (2), pp. 75-83.
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Abstract
Colonies of the slave-making ant, Harpagoxenus sublaevis, may simultaneously contain workers of several Leptothorax slave species. We observed aggressive interactions among slave-makers, between slave-makers and slaves, and among slaves in 11 mixed colonies. The first two types of aggression appear to be correlated with reproductive competition for the production of males. Aggressive interactions ...
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| Item type: | Article |
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| Date: | 1994 |
| Additional Information (public): | SLAVE-MAKING ANTS; INTERSPECIFIC AGGRESSION; REPRODUCTIVE COMPETITION; NEST ODOR; CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS |
| Institutions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie > Zoologie/Evolutionsbiologie (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinze) |
| 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 |
| Item ID: | 8454 |
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