Life history evolution in social insects: a female perspective
Autor: | Evelien Jongepier, Barbara Feldmeyer, Matteo Antoine Negroni, Boris H. Kramer, Susanne Foitzik |
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Přispěvatelé: | Pen group |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Insecta HARVESTER ANT media_common.quotation_subject Longevity HYMENOPTERA Fertility COLONY SIZE Kin selection Biology 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Life history theory 03 medical and health sciences Animals Juvenile Social Behavior EUSOCIALITY Life History Traits Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics media_common Behavior Animal Ecology KIN SELECTION WORKERS QUEEN SPAN Fecundity Eusociality REPRODUCTION 030104 developmental biology Insect Science ANT COLONIES Female Division of labour |
Zdroj: | Current opinion in insect science, 16, 51-57. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV |
ISSN: | 2214-5745 |
Popis: | Social insects are known for their unusual life histories with fecund, long-lived queens and sterile, short-lived workers. We review ultimate factors underlying variation in life history strategies in female social insects, whose social life reshapes common trade-offs, such as the one between fecundity and longevity. Interspecific life history variation is associated with colony size, mediated by changes in division of labour and extrinsic mortality. In addition to the ratio of juvenile to adult mortality, social factors such as queen number influence life history trajectories. We discuss two hypotheses explaining why queen fecundity and lifespan is higher in single-queen societies and suggest further research directions on the evolution of life history variation in social insects. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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