Individual variation in social aggression and the probability of inheritance: Theory and a field test

American Naturalist

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 837-852

  Cant, Michael A ^a   Llop, Justine B ^a   Field, Jeremy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Dominance; Eusociality; Helping; Inheritance; Queuing

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; HERITABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; WASP;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WASP;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WASPS;

ANIMALIA; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 33646593240     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503445     Document Type: Article

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