Reproductive constraints, direct fitness and indirect fitness benefits explain helping behaviour in the primitively eusocial wasp, Polistes canadensis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1688, 2010, Pages 1721-1728

  Sumner, Seirian ^a   Kelstrup, Hans ^b   Fanelli, Daniele ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inclusive fitness; Insurance based advantages; Polistes canadensis; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EGG PRODUCTION; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; WASP;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; POLISTES CANADENSIS; POLISTINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953482236     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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