Factors affecting soldier allocation in clonal aphids: A life-history model and test

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-101

  Tyerman, Jabus G ^a   Roitberg, Bernard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colony defense; Dynamic programming model; Eusocial aphids; Pemphigus spyrothecae; Soldier allocation strategies; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

CASTE; COLONIAL ORGANISM; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; LIFE HISTORY;

APHIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA; PEMPHIGUS; PEMPHIGUS SPYROTHECAE;

EID: 1542755894     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg084     Document Type: Article

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