Advantages of multiple foundress colonies in Belonogaster juncea juncea L.: Greater survival and increased productivity

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 293-297

  Tindo, Maurice ^a,c   Kenne, Martin ^a   Dejean, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique   (France)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Colony development; Evolution of eusociality; Fitness; Polistinae; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COLONY; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; MONITORING; RELATEDNESS; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; WASP;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

BELONOGASTER JUNCEA; POLISTINAE;

EID: 40349114369     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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