C Peeters, F Ito - Myrmecological news, 2015 - antwiki.org
Ant colonies are organized similarly to those of wasps and bees: reproductive altruism, age polyethism, and complex communication. Yet ants exhibit more species, much higher total …
C Peeters, S Aron - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Sexual activity is only a brief moment in the life of ant colonies, but it determines several characteristics of life history. Mating behaviour, distance of female dispersal and mode of …
This paper provides a taxonomic revision and reviews natural history for 35 South American species of the seed-harvesting ant genus Pogonomyrmex. Species treated herein mostly …
Organisms often experience reproduction–dispersal tradeoffs mediated by body size. In ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) the Found or Fly (FoF) Hypothesis states that dispersing queens …
Background Reproductive division of labor is one of the key features of social insects. Queens are adapted for reproduction while workers are adapted for foraging and colony …
Young ant queens face two conflicting challenges. First, they must fly to mate, disperse and locate a nest site. Second, they must found a new colony and raise their first workers with …
1. In many ant species, caste differentiation stems from trophic differences at the larval stage. Adult workers that feed larvae have great control over the allocation of colony resources to …
C Peeters - Hormigas de Colombia, 2019 - hal.science
Las sociedades de hormigas están compuestas por individuos reproductores y ayudantes estériles que presentan una gran diversidad de fenotipos. Entre ellos se encuentran reinas …
MA Ulysséa, CF Farder-Gomes, LP Prado - 2024 - researchgate.net
Natural history discoveries have contributed to broad applications in the fields of taxonomy, ecology, evolution, and conservation of the species. Knowledge on the biology of species of …