Dispersal decisions and predispersal behavior in Polistes paper wasp 'workers'

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1877-1883

  Tibbetts, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste; Cooperation; Cooperative breeding; Ecological constraints; Plasticity; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INCLUSION; WASP; WORKER CASTE;

HEXAPODA; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 34548590192     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0427-x     Document Type: Article

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