• DOI:10.1007/BF01240961
Corpus ID: 43176122

Life span of queens in the antFormica exsecta

@article{Pamilo2005LifeSO,
  title={Life span of queens in the antFormica exsecta},
  author={P. Pamilo},
  journal={Insectes Sociaux},
  year={2005},
  volume={38},
  pages={111-119}
}

P. Pamilo

Published 2005

Biology

Insectes Sociaux

SummaryThe antFormica exsecta commonly has two types of colonies: either polygynous and polydomous or monogynous and monodomous. The longevity of queens was studied in monogynous colonies in southern Finland by indirect methods using genetic markers; these data were also used to estimate the number of matings and queen replacement. The average genetic relatedness among worker nest mates was 0.72. Taking inbreeding into account (the inbreeding coefficient wasF=0.16), this value agrees with the… CONTINUE READING

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