Conflict resolution in insect societies

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2006, Pages 581-608

  Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a,b   Foster, Kevin R ^b   Wenseleers, Tom ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Reproductive conflict; Social evolution; Social hymenoptera; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CONFLICT; ECOSYSTEM; FAMILY; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ANIMALS; COERCION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ECOSYSTEM; FAMILY; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 30844469481     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.51.110104.151003     Document Type: Review

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