Social organization, dispersal and fecundity coevolve, but whether they are genetically
linked remains little known. Supergenes are prime candidates for coupling adaptive traits …

Many species of ants interact with seeds. These ant-plant interactions can be broadly
categorized as either antagonistic (eg, seed predation) or mutualistic (eg, seed dispersal) in …

Caste differentiation happens early in development to produce gynes as future colony
germlines and workers as present colony soma. However, gynes need insemination to …

Ants are highly diverse in the Iberian Peninsula (IP), both in species richness (299 cited
species) and in number of endemic species (72). The Iberian ant fauna is one of the richest …

Understanding community assembly in habitat patches requires an integrative approach,
considering the potential role of local and regional factors and organisms' dispersal abilities …

Invasive species are a global threat to biodiversity, and understanding their history and
biology is a major goal of invasion biology. Population‐genetic approaches allow insights …

The Earth's most diverse group of organisms is facing an imminent crisis, as recent
investigations suggest a remarkable decline in insect diversity. Within this context …

The coevolution between dispersal and sociality can lead to linked polymorphisms in both
traits, which may favour the emergence of supergenes. Supergenes have recently been …

Social parasites exploit the brood care behavior of their hosts to raise their own offspring.
Social parasites are common among eusocial Hymenoptera and exhibit a wide range of …

Distinguishing among the mechanisms underlying the spatial distribution of genetic variation
resulting from the environmental or physical barriers from those arising due to simple …