Cuticular hydrocarbons correlate with fertility, not dominance, in a paper wasp, Polistes dominulus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 857-864

  Izzo, Amanda ^a   Wells, Michael ^a   Huang, Zachary ^b   Tibbetts, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonistic signaling; Dominance; Fertility; Ovarian development; Queen pheromone; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CUTICLE; DOMINANCE; FECUNDITY; FERTILITY; HYDROCARBON; JUVENILE; NEST; PHEROMONE; QUEEN; SIGNAL; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

HEXAPODA; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 77950539652     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0902-7     Document Type: Article

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