Specialised placement of morphs within the gall of the social aphid Pemphigus spyrothecae

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Pike, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHID; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT CASTE; INSECT SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOBIOLOGY; SOLDIER (INSECT); ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

APHIDIDAE; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PEMPHIGUS SPYROTHECAE;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 33847137290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-18     Document Type: Article

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