Wasp who would be queen: A comparative study of two primitively eusocial species

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 332-336

  Deshpande, Sujata A ^a,c   Sumana, A ^a,d   Surbeck, Martin ^a,e   Gadagkar, Raghavendra ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education   (India)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dominance behaviour; Potential queen; Primitively eusocial wasps; Queen succession; Ropalidia cyathiformis; Ropalidia marginata

Indexed keywords

ROPALIDIA CYATHIFORMIS; ROPALIDIA MARGINATA;

EID: 33747843938     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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