Social dominance, task performance and nutrition: Implications for reproduction in eusocial wasps

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 327-333

  Markiewicz, Daniel A ^a   O'Donnell, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste; Fat body; Mischocyttarus; Ovary development; Polyethism; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; OOCYTE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASP;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; OOCYTES; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WASPS;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; MISCHOCYTTARUS; MISCHOCYTTARUS MASTIGOPHORUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0034907037     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590100204     Document Type: Article

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