Reproductive Competition in Colonies of the Ant Leptothorax gredleri

Jürgen Heinze; Norbert Lipski; Bert Hölldobler

doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.1992.tb00838.x

Reproductive Competition in Colonies of the Ant Leptothorax gredleri

Jürgen Heinze, Norbert Lipski, Bert Hölldobler

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Colonies of the ant, Leptothorax (s. str.) gredleri may contain several inseminated female reproductives of which typically only one is laying eggs. Observations suggest that “functional monogyny” is caused by aggressive interactions among nestmate queens. Only the most dominant queen reproduces. Subordinate queens either leave the colony to found their own nests solitarily or by budding, or stay in the nest without reproducing, but may eventually replace the dominant queen. The interrelations of life history of L. gredleri, population structure and habitat characteristics are examined. 1992 Blackwell Verlag GmbH

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	265-278
Number of pages	14
Journal	Ethology
Volume	90
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1992.tb00838.x
State	Published - 1992
Externally published	Yes

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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