Relatedness, recognition errors, and colony fusion in the termite Nasutitermes corniger

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1195-1201

  Adams, Eldridge S ^a   Atkinson, Lynn ^a   Bulmer, Mark S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Colony fusion; Nasutitermes corniger; Nestmate recognition; Supercolonies

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COLONY STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INSECT; TERMITE;

ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES CORNIGER;

EID: 34248392553     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0349-7     Document Type: Article

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