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The relationship between the distribution of worker sizes and new worker production in the ant Formica neorufibarbis

Authors: Billick, I.
Year: 2002
Journal: Oecologia, Vol. 132, pp. 244-249
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0976-7
Keywords: AVERY MOUNTAIN, FORMICA, FORMICA NEORUFIBARBIS, FORMICIDAE, HYMENOPTERA, PRODUCTION, RMBL, VARIATION, VIRGINIA BASIN, WORKER SIZE

Abstract

These are the first results to directly link the range of worker sizes to a component of colony fitness in a natural setting.

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