Worker reproduction and policing in insect societies: An ESS analysis

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1035-1047

  Wenseleers, T ^a,c   Helantera H ^b   Hart, A ^a   Ratnieks, F L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eusocial Hymenoptera; Kin selection; Self policing; Social policing; Tragedy of the commons; Worker policing; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; HYMENOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; HYMENOPTERA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; VESPIDAE; VESPULA VULGARIS;

EID: 4444347972     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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