The role of age in temporal polyethism in a primitively eusocial wasp

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-47

  Naug, Dhruba ^a   Gadagkar, Raghavendra ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Age polyethism; Division of labor; Ropalidia marginata; Social insects

Indexed keywords

AGE; DIVISION OF LABOUR; EUSOCIALITY; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; ROPALIDIA MARGINATA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031978242     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050409     Document Type: Article

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