Benefits and costs of secondary polygyny in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 883-888

  Brent, Colin S ^a   Traniello, James F A ^b   Vargo, Edward L ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inbreeding; Inclusive fitness; Neotenic reproductives; Reproductive plasticity; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; INBREEDING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATURATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYGYNY; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; SIBLING; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOPTERA; LARVA; MALE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; ISOPTERA; LARVA; MALE; OVARY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HODOTERMITIDAE; ISOPTERA; ZOOTERMOPSIS ANGUSTICOLLIS;

EID: 50949090206     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[883:BACOSP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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