caa a22 4500 397547161 CHVBK 20180308164741.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e19960501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/aesa/89.3.354 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/aesa/89.3.354 Patterns of Reproduction in Southern versus Northern Populations of Leptothorax Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [Elektronische Daten] [Joan M. Herbers, Robin J. Stuart] Populations of 2 Leptothorax ant species were sampled near the edge of their ranges. The southern population of L. curvispinosus Mayr showed no significant demographic shifts from northern populations, but the southern population of L. longispinosus Roger was almost exclusively monogynous, in contrast to northern counterparts. In both species, we found clear evidence of queen—worker conflict over allocation to males and also over allocation to growth versus reproduction in the southern populations. Geographic variation between populations can prove very useful for investigating evolutionary dynamics in social insects. © 1996 Entomological Society of America Ecology and Population Biology nationallicence ants nationallicence social insects nationallicence eusociality nationallicence demography nationallicence Herbers Joan M. Department of Zoology, University of Vermont, Burlington VT 05405. aut Stuart Robin J. Department of Zoology, University of Vermont, Burlington VT 05405. aut Annals of the Entomological Society of America Oxford University Press 89/3(1996-05-01), 354-360 0013-8746 89:3<354 1996 89 aesa https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/89.3.354 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/89.3.354 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Herbers Joan M. Department of Zoology, University of Vermont, Burlington VT 05405 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stuart Robin J. Department of Zoology, University of Vermont, Burlington VT 05405 aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Annals of the Entomological Society of America Oxford University Press 89/3(1996-05-01), 354-360 0013-8746 89:3<354 1996 89 aesa Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford