Colony founding, queen dominance and oligogyny in the Australian meat ant Iridomyrmex purpureus

1985/11/01 by Bert Hölldobler, Norman F. Carlin · 4 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Aculeata #Alate #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal ecology #Argentine ant #Biology #Demography #Dominance (genetics) #Dominance hierarchy #Ecology #Ethogram #Hymenoptera #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Nest (protein structural motif) #PEST analysis #Plant and animal studies #Polygyny #Population #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1007/bf00299237

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Citations

• Social organization of meat antsIridomyrmex purpureus analysed by gel electrophoresis of enzymes
• THE Population Biology OF THE Meat ANT
• Colony founding by pleometrosis in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta
• The number of queens: An important trait in ant evolution
• Temporary Queens in Metapolybia Wasps: Nonreproductive Helpers Without Altruism?
• A behavioral study of the primitive antNothomyrmecia macrops Clark
• Colony dispersion and relationships of meat antsIridomyrmex purpureus and allies in an arid locality in south Australia

Cited by

• Dispersed central place foraging in Australian meat ants
• Conflict resolution strategies in meat ants (Iridomyrmex purpureus): ritualised displays versus lethal fighting
• Iridomyrmex [wikipedia]
• Meat ant [wikipedia]