APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF TERRITORY SIZE AND SHAPE
- E. Adams
- Sociology
- 1 November 2001
▪ Abstract Intraspecific variation in territory size and shape can have strong effects on population structure and dynamics. The traditional theoretical approach to the study of territory size is…
Reproductive dynamics and colony structure of subterranean termites of the genus Reticulitermes (Isoptera Rhinotermitidae): a review of the evidence from behavioral, ecological, and genetic studies
- B. L. Thorne, J. Traniello, E. Adams, M. S. Bulmer
- Biology
- 1 April 1999
This work reviews and synthesizes current information on Reticulitermes life history, reproduction, and genetics to develop an understanding of colony and population structure, and possible modes of reproductive organization.
Variation in colony structure in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes
- M. S. Bulmer, E. Adams, J. Traniello
- BiologyBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
- 2 February 2001
This study demonstrates considerable variation in R. flavipes colony structure over a small spatial scale, including colonies headed by monogamous outbred primary reproductives, colonies containing multiple inbred neotenic reproductive colonies and large polydomous colonies containing the progeny of two or more unrelated queens.
Bayesian analysis of linear dominance hierarchies
- E. Adams
- EconomicsAnimal Behaviour
- 1 May 2005
The cost of threat displays and the stability of deceptive communication
- E. Adams, M. Mesterton-Gibbons
- Psychology
- 21 August 1995
A game-theoretic model shows that bluffing by animals of low fighting ability can persist as a profitable tactic in a stable communication system, and provides a possible explanation for bluffingBy the stomatopod crustacean, Gonodactylus bredini, a species in which animals weakened by molting successfully repulse stronger opponents by use of threat displays.
The origins and relatedness of multiple reproductives in colonies of the termite Nasutitermes corniger
- L. Atkinson, E. Adams
- BiologyProceedings of the Royal Society of London…
- 22 August 1997
Several complex colonies contained multiple queens of two or more haplotypes distributed among several interconnected nests, indicating that several matrilines can persist within a colony through one or more generations of budding and replacement.
Boundary disputes in the territorial ant Azteca trigona: effects of asymmetries in colony size
- E. Adams
- Environmental ScienceAnimal Behaviour
- 1 February 1990
Territory defense by the ant Azteca trigona: maintenance of an arboreal ant mosaic
- E. Adams
- Environmental ScienceOecologia
- 1 March 1994
An ant mosaic within mangrove forests of Panama is documents and the behavioral mechanisms by which one of the common species, Azteca trigona, maintains its territories are examined, remarkably similar to those of ecologically analogous ants in the Old World tropics.
The dissolution of cooperative groups: mechanisms of queen mortality in incipient fire ant colonies
- M. T. Balas, E. Adams
- BiologyBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
- 24 June 1996
Competition between foundress queens of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta is examined to suggest that queen survival is promoted by a high fighting ability relative to co-foundresses, rather than by increased worker production, and that workers respond to queen differences that are independent of kinship.
Interaction between the ants Zacryptocerus maculatus and Azteca trigona: interspecific parasitization of information.
- E. Adams
- Biology
- 1 June 1990
In mangrove forests on the Atlantic coast of Panama, the arboreal ant Zacryptocerus maculatus was positively associated with territorial ants in the genus Azteca. Systematic sampling showed that this…
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