Competition induces adaptive shifts in caste ratios of a polyembryonic wasp

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6792, 2000, Pages 183-186

  Harvey, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Corley, Laura S ^a   Strand, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CASTE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY; POLYETHISM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; WASP;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MOTHS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASPS;

APHIDIDAE; ARACHNIDA; COPIDOSOMA FLORIDANUM; ENCYRTIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0034644217     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35018074     Document Type: Article

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