Queen lifespan and colony characteristics in ants and termites
@article{Keller1998QueenLA, title={Queen lifespan and colony characteristics in ants and termites}, author={L. Keller}, journal={Insectes Sociaux}, year={1998}, volume={45}, pages={235-246} }
Summary: Comparative studies are increasingly used to identify factors responsible for the evolution of plant and animal phenotypes and social insects provide ideal systems for such studies as a result of their modular growth and their bewildering diversity in social organization. Here I review data on the lifespan of queens in ants and termites because such data are highly relevant for comparative analyses on life-history. Lifespan has been reported in 53 ant and 10 termite species… CONTINUE READING
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