Limited kin discrimination abilities mediate tolerance toward relatives in polyembryonic parasitoid wasps

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1262-1267

  Segoli, Michal ^a   Keasar, Tamar ^b   Harari, Ally R ^a,c   Bouskila, Amos ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Copidosoma koehleri; Decision tree model; Discrimination ability; Kin recognition; Polyembryonic parasitoid wasps; Soldier larva

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DECISION MAKING; KIN RECOGNITION; RELATEDNESS; SUPERPARASITISM; WASP;

ARTHROPODA; COPIDOSOMA KOEHLERI;

EID: 70450273230     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp125     Document Type: Article

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