The cost of conflict in aphid societies

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 185-193

  Grogan, K E ^a   Chhatre, V E ^a   Abbot, P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphids; Conflict; Cooperation; Dispersal; Drifting; Sociality; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

APHID; CLONE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DRIFT FEEDING; FECUNDITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); GENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; PEMPHIGUS (APHID); PEMPHIGUS OBESINYMPHAE;

EID: 72449210311     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01892.x     Document Type: Article

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