Reproductive schedule and factors affecting soldier production in the eusocial bamboo aphid Pseudoregma bambucicola (Homoptera, Aphididae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 378-386

  Shibao, H ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eusocial aphids; Pseudoregma bambucicola; Reproductive schedule; Resource allocation; Soldier investment

Indexed keywords

APHID; CASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MATERNAL EFFECT; REPRODUCTION;

JAPAN;

APHIDIDAE; HOMOPTERA; PSEUDOREGMA BAMBUCICOLA;

EID: 0032701526     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050160     Document Type: Article

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