Queen number, queen cycling and queen loss: The evolution of complex multiple queen societies in the social wasp genus Ropalidia

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 469-476

  Henshaw, Michael T ^a   Robson, Simon K A ^a   Crozier, Ross H ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyclical oligogyny; Polygyny; Ropalidia revolutionalis; Swarm founding

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; QUEEN; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LONCHOCARPUS GLAUCIFOLIUS; POLISTINAE; ROPALIDIA; ROPALIDIA REVOLUTIONALIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 1642330880     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0725-x     Document Type: Article

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