Conflict over the timing of breeder replacement in vertebrate and invertebrate societies

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 375-389

  Hart, A G ^a,b   Monnin, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Animal societies; Policing; Queen replacement; Queen turn over; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SKEWNESS; SOCIAL NETWORK; VERTEBRATE; WORKER POLICING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; FORMICIDAE; HELOGALE PARVULA; INVERTEBRATA; LYCAON PICTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845714116     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0895-4     Document Type: Review

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