Diploid male production ? a significant colony mortality factor in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

1986/09/01 by Kenneth G. Ross, David Fletcher, David J. C. Fletcher · 4 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Aculeata #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal ecology #Biology #Ecology #Entomology #Fire ant #Gene #Genetics #Hymenoptera #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Plant and animal studies #Ploidy #Red imported fire ant #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1007/bf00300643

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Citations

• Production and Flight of Alate Red Imported Fire Ants12
• Colony founding by pleometrosis in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta
• Biology and Control of Imported Fire Ants
• Monogyny and Polygyny in the Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta1
• The number of queens: An important trait in ant evolution
• Growth and Development of Colonies of the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta1
• Predators ofSolenopsis invicta1Queens Prior to Successful Colony Establishment23
• Male Sterility in the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta1,2
• Approaches Toward Possible Pest Management of the Imported Fire Ants

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• THE EVOLUTION OF MULTIPLE MATING IN ARMY ANTS
• Social life: the paradox of multiple-queen colonies
• Red imported fire ant [wikipedia]