Reproduction in foundress associations of the social wasp, Polistes carolina: Conventions, competition, and skew

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 531-542

  Seppä, Perttu ^a   Queller, David C ^a   Strassmann, Joan E ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Microsatellites; Polistes; Polistinae; Queues; Reproductive dominance; Reproductive skew; Wasps

Indexed keywords

COLONY FOUNDING; DOMINANCE; FIGHTING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INSECT;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; POLISTES; POLISTES CAROLINA; POLISTES FUSCATUS PALLIPES; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036063588     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.4.531     Document Type: Article

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