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SOCIAL STATUS AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN QUEENLESS ANT COLONIES

In: Behaviour
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Trunzer
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Heinze
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Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 1999
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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.

Title:
SOCIAL STATUS AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN QUEENLESS ANT COLONIES
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/156853999501775
Language:
English
Pages:
1093–1105
In:
Behaviour
In:
Volume 136: Issue 9
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-539X
Print ISSN:
0005-7959
Subjects:
Biology & Environmental Sciences, Biology

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