Selfish strategies and honest signalling: reproductive conflicts in ant queen associations
(2010)
Journal Article
Holman, L., Dreier, S., & d'Ettorre, P. (2010). Selfish strategies and honest signalling: reproductive conflicts in ant queen associations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277(1690), 2007-2015. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.23
Social insects offer unique opportunities to test predictions regarding the evolution of cooperation, life histories and communication. Colony founding by groups of unrelated queens, some of which are later killed, may select for selfish reproductive... Read More about Selfish strategies and honest signalling: reproductive conflicts in ant queen associations.