Is there division of labor in cooperative pseudoscorpions? an analysis of the behavioral repertoire of a tropical species

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 498-507

  Tizo Pedroso, Everton ^a,b   Del Claro, Kleber ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; COLONY STRUCTURE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EUSOCIALITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JUVENILE; LABOR DIVISION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOLT; PREY CAPTURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SURVIVAL;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; PARATEMNOIDES; PSEUDOSCORPIONES;

EID: 79955722936     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01906.x     Document Type: Article

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