Co-occurrence of three types of egg policing in the Norwegian wasp Dolichovespula norwegica

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 633-640

  Bonckaert, Wim ^a   Tofilski, Adam ^b   Nascimento, Fabio S ^c   Billen, Johan ^a   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^d   Wenseleers, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Queen policing; Reproductive conflict; Selfish worker policing; Vespinae wasps; Worker policing; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

EGG; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; WASP; WORKER POLICING;

DOLICHOVESPULA NORWEGICA; HEXAPODA; VESPINAE;

EID: 79952702070     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1064-3     Document Type: Article

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