Factors affecting the proportion of sterile soldiers in growing aphid colonies

Population Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-136

  Aoki, Shigeyuki ^a,b   Imai, Masaru ^a  

^a RISSHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Logistic model; Optimal defense; Pseudoregma; Simulation

Indexed keywords

APHID; COLONY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOLDIER CASTE; STERILITY;

APHIDIDAE; INSECTA; PSEUDOREGMA;

EID: 24044540455     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-005-0218-z     Document Type: Article

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