Desiccation limits recruitment in the pleometrotic desert seed‐harvester ant Veromessor pergandei

Desiccation limits recruitment in the pleometrotic desert seed‐harvester ant Veromessor pergandei

Abstract The desert harvester ant Veromessor pergandei displays geographic variation in colony founding with queens initiating nests singly (haplometrosis) or in groups (pleometrosis). The transition from haplo‐ to pleometrotic founding is associated with lower rainfall. Numerous hypotheses have bee...

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Main Author: Robert A. Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
cooperation/grouping
environmental harshness
foundress ants
moisture
seed‐harvester ants
Sonoran Desert
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7039

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7039

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