How a few help all: living pothole plugs speed prey delivery in the army ant Eciton burchellii

2007 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 1067-1076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Powell ◽  
Nigel R. Franks
Keyword(s):  
Army Ant ◽  
Eciton Burchellii

Method Review: Estimation of Colony Densities of the Army Ant Eciton burchellii in Costa Rica

Biotropica ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Vidal-Riggs ◽  
Johel Chaves-Campos
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Army Ant ◽  
Eciton Burchellii

A reassessment of the mating system characteristics of the army ant Eciton burchellii

2006 ◽  
Vol 93 (8) ◽  
pp. 402-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. C. Kronauer ◽  
Stefanie M. Berghoff ◽  
Scott Powell ◽  
A. Jay Denny ◽  
Keith J. Edwards ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mating System ◽  
Army Ant ◽  
Eciton Burchellii ◽  
System Characteristics

scholarly journals Worker caste determination in the army ant Eciton burchellii

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 513-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo Jaffé ◽  
Daniel J.C Kronauer ◽  
F Bernhard Kraus ◽  
Jacobus J Boomsma ◽  
Robin F.A Moritz
Keyword(s):  
Social Insects ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Test System ◽  
Caste Differentiation ◽  
Caste Determination ◽  
Task Specialization ◽  
Army Ant ◽  
Genetic Components ◽  
Eciton Burchellii ◽  
Worker Caste

Elaborate division of labour has contributed significantly to the ecological success of social insects. Division of labour is achieved either by behavioural task specialization or by morphological specialization of colony members. In physical caste systems, the diet and rearing environment of developing larvae is known to determine the phenotype of adult individuals, but recent studies have shown that genetic components also contribute to the determination of worker caste. One of the most extreme cases of worker caste differentiation occurs in the army ant genus Eciton , where queens mate with many males and colonies are therefore composed of numerous full-sister subfamilies. This high intracolonial genetic diversity, in combination with the extreme caste polymorphism, provides an excellent test system for studying the extent to which caste determination is genetically controlled. Here we show that genetic effects contribute significantly to worker caste fate in Eciton burchellii . We conclude that the combination of polyandry and genetic variation for caste determination may have facilitated the evolution of worker caste diversity in some lineages of social insects.

Plastic collective endothermy in a complex animal society (army ant bivouacs: Eciton burchellii parvispinum )

Ecography ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 730-739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaitlin M. Baudier ◽  
Catherine L. D'Amelio ◽  
Elisabeth Sulger ◽  
Michael P. O'Connor ◽  
Sean O'Donnell
Keyword(s):  
Animal Society ◽  
Army Ant ◽  
Eciton Burchellii

Multi-year genetic sampling indicates maternal gene flow via colony emigrations in the army ant Eciton burchellii parvispinum

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. W. Soare ◽  
A. Kumar ◽  
K. A. Naish ◽  
S. O’Donnell
Keyword(s):  
Gene Flow ◽  
Army Ant ◽  
Genetic Sampling ◽  
Eciton Burchellii ◽  
Maternal Gene

scholarly journals Gene flow is maintained by polyandry and male dispersal in the army ant Eciton burchellii

2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo Jaffé ◽  
Robin F. A. Moritz ◽  
F. Bernhard Kraus
Keyword(s):  
Gene Flow ◽  
Male Dispersal ◽  
Army Ant ◽  
Eciton Burchellii
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