Evolution of sociality by natural selection on variances in reproductive fitness: Evidence from a social bee

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Stevens, Mark I ^a,b,c   Hogendoorn, Katja ^a,d   Schwarz, Michael P ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEE; COLONY FORMATION; ECOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGE; HEREDITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA;

ANIMALS; BEES; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35748939717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-153     Document Type: Article

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