Does kin structure explain the occurrence of workers in a lower termite?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 817-828

  Korb, Judith ^a   Schneider, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Kinship; Relatedness; Social evolution; Termite

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; KINSHIP; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL INSECT; TERMITE; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOTERMES SECUNDUS; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 34848923077     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-006-9153-5     Document Type: Article

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