Social interactions as an ecological constraint in a eusocial insect

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 681-691

  Gunnels IV, Charles W ^a   Dubrovskiy, Aleksandr ^a   Avalos, Arián ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

alternative tactic; facultatively social; kin selection; Mischocyttarus mexicanus; nest site limitation; nesting; paper wasp; reproductive plasticity

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FIELD SURVEY; KIN SELECTION; NESTING; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

HEXAPODA; MISCHOCYTTARUS MEXICANUS; POLISTINAE; SABAL; SABAL PALMETTO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38649121752     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.022     Document Type: Article

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