Sex ratios and skew models: The special case of evolution of cooperation in polistine wasps

American Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 103-118

  Nonacs, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Eusocial evolution; Polistinae; Reproductive skew; Sex ratio; Wasps

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EVOLUTION; SEX RATIO; WASP;

EID: 0036084281     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340600     Document Type: Article

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