Complex colony structure in social insects: II. Reproduction, queen-worker conflict, and levels of selection

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 298-307

  Banschbach, Valerie S ^a,b   Herbers, Joan M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual analysis; Levels of selection; Queen worker conflict; Reproductive allocation; Social insects

Indexed keywords

MYRMICA PUNCTIVENTRIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

COLONY STRUCTURE; QUEEN-WORKER CONFLICT;

USA, NEW YORK; USA, VERMONT;

EID: 0029666918     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb04493.x     Document Type: Article

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