Benefits of foundress associations in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus: Increased productivity and survival, but no assurance of fitness returns

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 510-514

  Tibbetts, Elizabeth A ^a   Reeve, Hudson Kern ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Eusociality; Inclusive fitness; Kin selection; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; PRODUCTIVITY; QUEEN; SURVIVAL; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTES FUSCATUS PALLIPES; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0042928456     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg037     Document Type: Article

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