A possible novel function of dominance behaviour in queen-less colonies of the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 351-356

  Lamba, Shakti ^a   Kazi, Yasmin Claire ^a   Deshpande, Sujata ^a   Natesh, Meghana ^a   Bhadra, Anindita ^a   Gadagkar, Raghavendra ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

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

Author keywords

Aggression; Dominance behaviour; Evolution of eusociality; Primitively eusocial wasp; Ropalidia marginata

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

AGGRESSION; COLONY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTION; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP; WORKER CASTE;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PLESIOMORPHY; QUEEN (INSECT); ROPALIDIA MARGINATA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASP; WORKER (INSECT);

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WASPS;

ROPALIDIA MARGINATA;

EID: 33847163151     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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