Origin of male-biased sex allocation in orphaned colonies of the termite, Coptotermes lacteus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 472-479

  Roisin, Yves ^a   Lenz, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inbreeding; Isoptera; Rhinotermitidae; Sex ratio; Subterranean termites

Indexed keywords

EUSOCIALITY; INBREEDING; KIN SELECTION; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; TERMITE;

ARTHROPODA; COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES LACTEUS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0036556149     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0453-7     Document Type: Article

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