• DOI:10.1007/s000400050084
Corpus ID: 24541087

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}
}

L. Keller

Published 1998

Biology

Insectes Sociaux

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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