Fitness effects of group merging in a social insect

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1525, 2003, Pages 1697-1702

  Costa, James T ^a   Ross, Kenneth G ^b  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Group effects; Malacosoma americanum; Social behaviour; Social evolution; Tent caterpillars

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CATERPILLAR; COLONY FORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FITNESS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GROUP MERGING; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA AMERICANUM; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

EID: 0042378363     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2422     Document Type: Article

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