Eusociality and the success of the termites: Insights from a supertree of dictyopteran families

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1750-1761

  Davis, R B ^a   Baldauf, S L ^a   Mayhew, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancestral states; Dictyoptera; Eusociality; Extinction; Isoptera; Macroevolution; Phylogeny; Speciation; Species richness; Supertree

Indexed keywords

EUSOCIALITY; EXTINCTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COCKROACH; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCKROACHES; ISOPTERA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BLATTARIA; DICTYOPTERA; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; MANTODEA;

EID: 67650360810     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01789.x     Document Type: Article

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