Browsing by Author "d'Ettorre, Patrizia"

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Colony fusion and worker reproduction after queen loss in army ants

Kronauer, Daniel J. C.; Schoning, Caspar; d'Ettorre, Patrizia; Boomsma, Jacobus J. Koos (2010)

Theory predicts that altruism is only evolutionarily stable if it is preferentially directed towards relatives, so that any such behaviour towards seemingly unrelated individuals requires scrutiny. Queenless army ant ...
Functional role of phenylacetic acid from metapleural gland secretions in controlling fungal pathogens in evolutionarily derived leaf-cutting ants

Fernández-Marín, Hermógenes; Nash, David R.; Higginbotham, Sarah; Estrada, Catalina; van Zweden, Jelle S.; d'Ettorre, Patrizia; Wcislo, William T.; Boomsma, Jacobus J. (2015)

Fungus-farming ant colonies vary four to five orders of magnitude in size. They employ compounds from actinomycete bacteria and exocrine glands as antimicrobial agents. Atta colonies have millions of ants and are particularly ...
Kin-informative recognition cues in ants

Nehring, Volker; Evison, Sophie E. F.; Santorelli, Lorenzo A.; d'Ettorre, Patrizia; Hughes, William O. H. (2011)

Although social groups are characterized by cooperation, they are also often the scene of conflict. In non-clonal systems, the reproductive interests of group members will differ and individuals may benefit by exploiting ...
Wingless virgin queens assume helper roles in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

Nehring, Volker; Boomsma, Jacobus J.; d'Ettorre, Patrizia (2012)

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