Group size and direct fitness in social queues

American Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-95

  Shreeves, Gavin ^a   Field, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct fitness; Eusociality; Group size; Queuing; Stenogastrinae; Wasps

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; EUSOCIALITY; FITNESS; GROUP SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL INSECT;

HYMENOPTERA; LIOSTENOGASTER FLAVOLINEATA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036145526     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/324125     Document Type: Article

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