The optimal balance of defence investment strategies in clonal colonies of social aphids

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 803-814

  Pike, Nathan ^a   Manica, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphid soldiers; Clonal evolution; Defence; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; APHID; CLONAL ORGANISM; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR CONTROL; SOCIAL INSECT;

APHIDIDAE; PEMPHIGUS (APHID); PEMPHIGUS SPYROTHECAE;

EID: 33748640947     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0224-y     Document Type: Article

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