Reproductive conflict in animal societies: hierarchy length increases with colony size in queenless ponerine ants
@article{Monnin2003ReproductiveCI, title={Reproductive conflict in animal societies: hierarchy length increases with colony size in queenless ponerine ants}, author={Thibaud Monnin and Francis L. W. Ratnieks and Carlos R F Brand{\~a}o}, journal={Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology}, year={2003}, volume={54}, pages={71-79} }
Dominance interactions determine reproductive status in many animal societies, including many cooperatively breeding vertebrates and eusocial Hymenoptera without queen-worker dimorphism. Typically, the dominant individual monopolises reproduction, and subordinates behave like helpers. In Dinoponera queenless ants, workers are totipotent females and can potentially reproduce, yet only the top-ranking worker actually reproduces. Individual workers ranked immediately below the dominant breeder…
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