The number of queens: An important trait in ant evolution

By B. Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson. Die Naturwissenschaften, 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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3. Lori Lach
4. N. Heller
5. T. Case
6. Deborah M. Gordon
7. D. Holway
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7. D. Holway
8. Laurent Keller

Citations in the corpus

• Behavioral and Genetic Differentiation Between Native and Introduced Populations of the Argentine Ant (2004, background): “Throughout their introduced range, Argentine ants are unicolonial, that is, they maintain expansive supercolonies in which intraspecific aggression is largely absent (Hölldobler and Wilson 1977).”
• Queen reproduction, chemical signalling and worker behaviour in polygyne colonies of the ant Formica fusca (2002, methodology): “2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd on behalf of The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour The coexistence of two or more mated and potentially breeding females within a colony (polygyny) is common in social Hymenoptera, and especially among ants (Hölldobler & Wilson 1977; Keller 1995).”
• The little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata: distribution, impact, and control. (2003, background): “Numerous ant species have both monogyne and polygyne forms (Hölldobler & Wilson 1977).”
• The Colony Structure and Population Biology of Invasive Ants (2003, background): “Many invasive ants share a suite of characteristics that facilitate their introduction to new environments, permit the establishment of viable populations, and promote their spread (Hölldobler & Wilson 1977; Passera 1994; Moller 1996).”
• Polydomy in ants: what we know, what we think we know, and what remains to be done (2007, positive): “Remarkable examples of polydomous, dominant ants are provided by invasive species, such as Pheidole megacephala (Myrmicinae) (Hölldobler & Wilson, 1977), Wasmannia auropunctata (Myrmicinae) (Clark et al., 1982), Lasius neglectus (Formicinae) (Espadeler POLYDOMY IN ANTS 333 © 2007 The Linnean…”
• Genetic population structure and dispersal patterns in Formica ants : a review (2005, background): “The general view is that polygyny tends to be associated with short-range dispersal, whereas monogyny tends to be associated with longrange dispersal through nuptial flights ( Holldobler & Wilson 1977, 1990, Keller 1993, Rosengren et al. 1993, Sundstrom 1995a, 1995b).”
• The Causes and Consequences of Ant Invasions (2002, background): “HOLWAY ET AL. conspecifics, they can allocate workers to tasks other than colony defense and shunt resources to worker production that would otherwise be expended on fighting neighboring colonies of the same species (Hölldobler & Wilson 1977, Macom & Porter 1996, Holway et al. 1998).”
• The worldwide expansion of the Argentine ant (2010, background): “The ecological domination of this species in its introduced range is thought to stem from its social organization, whereby individuals mix freely within large supercolonies containing a high number of interconnected nests (Hölldobler & Wilson, 1977; Heller, 2004; Heller et al., 2008).”
• Seasonal spatial dynamics and causes of nest movement in colonies of the invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) (2006, background): “Argentine ants are unicolonial; populations are highly polygynous (multiple queens per nest) and polydomous (multiple nests per colony) and intraspecific aggression is infrequent ( Hölldobler & Wilson, 1977 ).”
• Cladistic analysis of the fire ants of the Solenopsis saevissima species‐group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (2005, background): “Monogyny generally has been assumed to be the primitive condition in most groups (e.g. Hölldobler & Wilson 1977; Fletcher & Ross 1985; Hölldobler & Wilson 1990; Bourke & Franks 1991; cf. Nonacs 1988; Ward 1989a; Ross & Carpenter 1991), and detailed genetic analyses have supported this view of the…”
• Ecological traits and evolutionary sequence of nest establishment in fungus‐growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Attini) (2004, background): “Queen behaviour during the founding stage provides important information regarding the mechanisms of successful nest establishment (Hölldobler & Wilson, 1977, 1990).”
• Spatiotemporal patterns of intraspecific aggression in the invasive Argentine ant (2002, background): “In contrast, some species show a colony structure known as unicoloniality in which levels of intraspecific aggression are reduced or absent and colony boundaries are weak to nonexistent (Hölldobler & Wilson 1977).”