Workers, sexuals, or both? Optimal allocation of resources to reproduction and growth in annual insect colonies

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-129

  Poitrineau, K ^a   Mitesser, O ^a   Poethke, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colony life cycle; Dynamic programming; Optimality model; Resource allocation; Social insects

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; CORRELATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EGG DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INSECT; MORTALITY RISK; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 70349516116     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-009-0004-6     Document Type: Article

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