Kin conflict over caste determination in social Hymenoptera

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 287-297

  Bourke, Andrew F G ^a   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caste determination; Conflict; Kin selection; Social insect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002426213     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050622     Document Type: Article

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