Male soldier caste larvae are non-aggressive in the polyembryonic wasp Copidosoma floridanum

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 431-434

  Giron, David ^a   Harvey, Jeffrey A ^b   Johnson, Jena Anne ^c   Strand, Michael R ^c  

^a UFR des Sciences et Techniques   (France)

^b Institute for Ecology   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Caste; Competition; Haplodiploidy; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALTRUISM; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO; SOLDIER CASTE; STERILITY; WASP;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER (INSECT); WASP; ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

COPIDOSOMA FLORIDANUM;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; WASPS;

EID: 35248848896     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0199     Document Type: Article

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