Single mating and its implications for kinship structure in a multiple-queen wasp, parachartergus colobopterus

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-198

  Goodnight, K F ^a   Strassmann, J E ^a   Klingler, C J ^a   Queller, D C ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epiponini; Mate number; Parachartergus; Social insects; Wasp

Indexed keywords

COLOBOPTERUS; EPIPONINI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PARACHARTERGUS; PARACHARTERGUS COLOBOPTERUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0029741841     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1996.9522928     Document Type: Article

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