Enforced altruism in insect societies

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7115, 2006, Pages 50-

  Wenseleers, Tom ^a,b   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a,c  

^a Institute for Advanced Study   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS;

ALTRUISM; NESTMATES; STRICT POLICING;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ALTRUISM; INSECT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; WORKER POLICING;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; INSECT SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; WORKER;

INSECTA;

EID: 33750601326     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/444050a     Document Type: Article

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