Colony Founding Behavior of Some Desert Ants: Geographic Variation in Metrosis
The ants Pogonomyrmex catifornicus and Pheidole tucsonica display cooperative colony foundation with co-foundresses forming associations without respect to relatedness. Geographic variation in method of colony foundation [cooperative (pleometrosis) versus non-cooperative (haplometrosis)] occurs in...
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| description | The ants Pogonomyrmex catifornicus and Pheidole tucsonica display cooperative colony foundation with co-foundresses forming associations without respect to relatedness. Geographic variation in method of colony foundation [cooperative (pleometrosis) versus non-cooperative (haplometrosis)] occurs in P. californicus, Acromyrmex versicolor, Myrmecocystus mimicus and Messor pergandei. Such variation in colony founding behavior strongly suggests
that comparative studies of the adaptive value of cooperative colony founding will be extremely rewarding. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-47458b617bc34ad1a7309a99a717f4072025-02-03T01:02:58ZengWileyPsyche: A Journal of Entomology0033-26151687-74382000-01-011031-29510110.1155/2000/20135Colony Founding Behavior of Some Desert Ants: Geographic Variation in MetrosisSteven W. Rissing0Robert A. Johnson1John W. Martin2Social Insect Research Group, Department of Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1501, USASocial Insect Research Group, Department of Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1501, USAP.O. Box 458, Dolan Springs, AZ 86441, USAThe ants Pogonomyrmex catifornicus and Pheidole tucsonica display cooperative colony foundation with co-foundresses forming associations without respect to relatedness. Geographic variation in method of colony foundation [cooperative (pleometrosis) versus non-cooperative (haplometrosis)] occurs in P. californicus, Acromyrmex versicolor, Myrmecocystus mimicus and Messor pergandei. Such variation in colony founding behavior strongly suggests that comparative studies of the adaptive value of cooperative colony founding will be extremely rewarding.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/20135 |
| spellingShingle | Steven W. Rissing Robert A. Johnson John W. Martin Colony Founding Behavior of Some Desert Ants: Geographic Variation in Metrosis Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| title | Colony Founding Behavior of Some Desert Ants: Geographic Variation in Metrosis |
| title_full | Colony Founding Behavior of Some Desert Ants: Geographic Variation in Metrosis |
| title_fullStr | Colony Founding Behavior of Some Desert Ants: Geographic Variation in Metrosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Colony Founding Behavior of Some Desert Ants: Geographic Variation in Metrosis |
| title_short | Colony Founding Behavior of Some Desert Ants: Geographic Variation in Metrosis |
| title_sort | colony founding behavior of some desert ants geographic variation in metrosis |
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