Queen-worker conflict over sexual production and colony maintenance in perennial social insects

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 417-426

  Bourke, Andrew F G ^a   Chan, George L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facultative polygyny; Formicidae; Kin conflict; Life history; Resource allocation; Social insect

Indexed keywords

KIN SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY; QUEEN; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INSECT;

LEPTOTHORAX ACERVORUM;

EID: 0032733057     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303253     Document Type: Article

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