Reproductive skew and split sex ratios in social Hymenoptera

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2131-2136

  Bourke, A F G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Polygyny; Reproductive skew; Social evolution; Social insect; Split sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SKEWNESS; SOCIAL INSECT;

HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035543321     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb01328.x     Document Type: Article

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