Bekkevold, Dorte

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Kin structure and social parasitism in Acromyrmex echinatior

Dorte took her degree at the University of Aarhus in 1998 based on an MSc. thesis describing various aspects of reproduction in the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex echinatior and in that of the social parasite Acromyrmex insinuator. She is currently working on the genetics of salmonid fish at Silkeborg, Denmark.

dorte.bekkevold@biology.au.dk

PUBLICATIONS

 * Schultz, T.R., Bekkevold, D. ; Boomsma, J.J. 1998. Acromyrmex insinuator new species; an incipient social parasite of fungus-growing ants. Insectes Soc. 45(4): 457-471