| Literature DB >> 14575338 |
Diane C Wiernasz1, Blaine J Cole.
Abstract
We examined the effect of queen size on the probability of new colony establishment in the ant Pogonomyrmex occidentalis. Large queens are significantly more likely to survive than small queens through the initial stages of colony founding. These differences in individual fitness correlates have corresponding effects on colony fitness. In species in which individual queens vary in fitness, sexual allocation ratios should incorporate the individual fitness functions.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 14575338 DOI： 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00396.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Evolution ISSN： 0014-3820 Impact factor: 3.694