Does sanitation facilitate sociality?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Jackson, Duncan E ^a   Hart, Adam G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ant; bee; blind gut; eusociality; hymenoptera; meconium; sanitation; sociality; wasp

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEE; EUSOCIALITY; FACILITATION; SANITATION; WASP;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 57449116565     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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