Lack of kin discrimination in the eusocial aphid Pseudoregma bambucicola (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-24

  Shibao, Harunobu ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEGOPTERYX BAMBUCIFOLIAE; CERATOGLYPHINA STYRACICOLA; PSEUDOREGMA ALEXANDERI; PSEUDOREGMA BAMBUCICOLA; PSEUDOREGMA KOSHUNENSIS;

EID: 0033406178     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02769293     Document Type: Article

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