Power over reproduction in social Hymenoptera

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1438, 2003, Pages 1741-1753

  Beekman, Madeleine ^a,b   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kin selection; Potential and actual conflict; Power; Reproduction; Social Hymenoptera; Social insects

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; KIN SELECTION; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142185053     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1262     Document Type: Review

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