Egg-laying in monogynous and polygynous colonies of the termite Macrotermes michaelseni (Isoptera, Macrotermitidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-237

  Kaib, M ^a   Hacker, M ^a   Brandl, R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degree of polygyny; Egg number; Egg volume; Mutilation; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; OVIPOSITION; POLYGYNY; TERMITE;

KENYA;

ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES MICHAELSENI; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0034823664     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001771     Document Type: Article

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