Arms races and the evolution of big fierce societies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1477, 2001, Pages 1723-1730

  Boswell, G P ^a   Franks, N R ^a   Britton, N F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arms race; Dorylus; Eciton; Evolutionarily stable strategies; Gigantism; Mathematical model

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY;

ANT; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; EVOLUTION; GIGANTISM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DORYLUS; ECITON; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 0035934284     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1671     Document Type: Article

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