Social and genetic structure of paper wasp cofoundress associations: Tests of reproductive skew models

American Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 545-563

  Field, Jeremy ^a   Solís, Carlos R ^b   Queller, David C ^b   Strassmann, Joan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microsatellites; Polistes; Relatedness; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

COFOUNDRESS ASSOCIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; SOCIAL CONTRACTS THEORY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; WASP;

EID: 0031777432     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286140     Document Type: Article

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