Eusociality: Origin and consequences

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 102, Issue 38, 2005, Pages 13367-13371

  Wilson, Edward O ^a   Hölldobler, Bert ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANT; BINDING AFFINITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; ISOPTERA; KIN SELECTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA;

EID: 26444432890     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0505858102     Document Type: Review

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