Paternity, reproduction and conflict in vespine wasps: A model system for testing kin selection predictions

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Foster, Kevin R ^a,b   Ratnieks, Francis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diploid males; Dolichovespula; Intraspecific parasitism; Kin selection; Levels of selection; Matricide; Mutual policing; Paternity; Relatedness; Reproductive conflict; Sex allocation; Vespa; Vespinae wasps; Vespula; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

KIN SELECTION; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTION; WASP;

DOLICHOVESPULA; DOLICHOVESPULA ARENARIA; DOLICHOVESPULA SAXONICA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PROVESPA; VESPA; VESPA CRABRO; VESPIDAE; VESPINAE; VESPULA; VESPULA VULGARIS;

EID: 0034960258     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100336     Document Type: Review

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