Inbreeding can lead to a fitness reduction due to the unmasking of deleterious recessive alleles and the loss of heterosis. Therefore, most sexually reproducing organisms avoid inbreeding, often by disperal. Besides the avoidance of inbreeding, dispersal lowers intraspecific competition on a local scale and leads to a spreading of genotypes into new habitats. In social insects, winged reproductives disperse and mate during nuptial flights. Therafter, queens independently found a new colony. However, some species also produce wingless sexuals as an alternative reproductive tactic. Wingless sexuals mate within or close to their colony and queens either stay in the nest or they found a new colony by budding. During this dependent colony found...
Dispersal is an important life history trait, affecting the demography and genetic structure of popu...
The ability to withstand thermal stress is considered to be of crucial importance for individual fit...
Cohesiveness between members of a social unit is a defining characteristic of animal social organiza...
Inbreeding can lead to a fitness reduction due to the unmasking of deleterious recessive alleles and...
Die durchschnittliche Dauer der zweiten Kopulation von Uroleucon cirsii (L.) ist sowohl f...
In holometabolic insects, senescence starts at sexual maturation and condition diminishes with age. ...
Darwin’s theory of sexual selection explains the evolution of flamboyant male traits through female ...
The number of males in animal groups is an essential determinant of male and female reproductive str...
Floral nectar offers a unique niche as habitat for microorganisms. The fluid nectar environment is c...
Bees have had an intimate relationship with humans for millennia, as pollinators of fruit, vegetable...
In captivity, cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) continue to be a challenge to breed. Scientists have worke...
Foraging behavior is a particularly fascinating topic within the studies of social insects. Decision...
Ziel dieser Dissertation war es das olfaktorische Verhalten und die Reproduktionsbiologie des Kleine...
An efficient foraging strategy is one of the most important traits for the fitness of animals. The t...
Division of reproductive labour in societies represents a topic of interest in evolutionary biology ...
Dispersal is an important life history trait, affecting the demography and genetic structure of popu...
The ability to withstand thermal stress is considered to be of crucial importance for individual fit...
Cohesiveness between members of a social unit is a defining characteristic of animal social organiza...
Inbreeding can lead to a fitness reduction due to the unmasking of deleterious recessive alleles and...
Die durchschnittliche Dauer der zweiten Kopulation von Uroleucon cirsii (L.) ist sowohl f...
In holometabolic insects, senescence starts at sexual maturation and condition diminishes with age. ...
Darwin’s theory of sexual selection explains the evolution of flamboyant male traits through female ...
The number of males in animal groups is an essential determinant of male and female reproductive str...
Floral nectar offers a unique niche as habitat for microorganisms. The fluid nectar environment is c...
Bees have had an intimate relationship with humans for millennia, as pollinators of fruit, vegetable...
In captivity, cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) continue to be a challenge to breed. Scientists have worke...
Foraging behavior is a particularly fascinating topic within the studies of social insects. Decision...
Ziel dieser Dissertation war es das olfaktorische Verhalten und die Reproduktionsbiologie des Kleine...
An efficient foraging strategy is one of the most important traits for the fitness of animals. The t...
Division of reproductive labour in societies represents a topic of interest in evolutionary biology ...
Dispersal is an important life history trait, affecting the demography and genetic structure of popu...
The ability to withstand thermal stress is considered to be of crucial importance for individual fit...
Cohesiveness between members of a social unit is a defining characteristic of animal social organiza...