Modelling information exchange in worker-queen conflict over sex allocation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1579, 2005, Pages 2403-2408

  Pen, Ido ^a   Taylor, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolutionary stability; Information exchange; Sex ratio; Worker queen conflict

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; QUEEN; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; INSECT; INSECT SOCIETY; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 27644466861     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3234     Document Type: Article

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