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Polygynous supercolonies of the acacia-ant Pseudomyrmex peperi, an inferior colony founder.

Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2009

Kautz S, Pauls S U, Ballhorn D J, Lumbsch H T, Heil M

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In ant-plant protection mutualisms, plants provide nesting space and nutrition to defending ants. Several plant-ants are polygynous. Possessing more than one queen per colony can reduce nestmate relatedness and consequently the inclusive fitness of workers. Here, we investigated the colony structure of the obligate acacia-ant Pseudomyrmex peperi, which competes for nesting space with several congeneric and...

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PMID: 19878453
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04395.x

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