Worker policing in the German wasp Vespula germanica

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 272-278

  Bonckaert, Wim ^a   Vuerinckx, Kristel ^a   Billen, Johan ^a   Hammond, Rob L ^b   Keller, Laurent ^b   Wenseleers, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Reproductive conflict; Vespinae wasps; Vespula germanica; Worker policing; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; EGG PRODUCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; KIN SELECTION; MULTIPLE MATING; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; WASP; WORKER POLICING;

APOCRITA; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; VESPINAE; VESPULA GERMANICA;

EID: 52449116200     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm128     Document Type: Article

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