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SOCIAL STATUS AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN QUEENLESS ANT COLONIES
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Abstract
Workers in queenless colonies of the ponerine ant Pachycondyla villosa establish linear or near-linear rank orders by antennation bouts and overt aggression. In these hierarchies, top-ranking individuals were reliably among the most productive egg-layers, but several lower ranking workers also laid considerable numbers of eggs. Though many of the subordinates' eggs were eaten by the-workers, we could show by multilocus DNA-fingerprinting that low-ranking individuals occasionally succeeded in producing adult males. However, the most dominant workers always had the highest reproductive success.
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SOCIAL STATUS AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN QUEENLESS ANT COLONIES
in BehaviourSearch for other papers by Trunzer in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Heinze in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Holldobler in
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Google Scholar
PubMed
Abstract
Workers in queenless colonies of the ponerine ant Pachycondyla villosa establish linear or near-linear rank orders by antennation bouts and overt aggression. In these hierarchies, top-ranking individuals were reliably among the most productive egg-layers, but several lower ranking workers also laid considerable numbers of eggs. Though many of the subordinates' eggs were eaten by the-workers, we could show by multilocus DNA-fingerprinting that low-ranking individuals occasionally succeeded in producing adult males. However, the most dominant workers always had the highest reproductive success.
| Insgesamt | Letzte 365 Tage | In den letzten 30 Tagen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aufrufe von Kurzbeschreibungen | 341 | 68 | 6 |
| Gesamttextansichten | 128 | 1 | 0 |
| PDF-Downloads | 51 | 3 | 0 |
