Reproductive caste determination in eusocial wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue , 1998, Pages 323-346

  O'Donnell, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Division of labor; Evolution; Morphology; Nutrition; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031890672     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.43.1.323     Document Type: Review

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