Colony size, social complexity and reproductive conflict in social insects

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 245-257

  Bourke, A F G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Reproductive conflict; Social evolution; Social insect; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033005443     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00028.x     Document Type: Review

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