The influence of sociality on the conservation biology of social insects

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 650-662

  Chapman, R E ^a   Bourke, A F G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Ecology; Genetics; Invasive species; Invertebrate; Isoptera; Social evolution; Social Hymenoptera; Social insect; Unicoloniality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GENETIC VARIATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; SOCIAL INSECT; SOCIOBIOLOGY;

APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0035201286     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00253.x     Document Type: Review

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