The mating biology of termites: A comparative review

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 927-936

  Hartke, T R ^a,b   Baer, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant; Bee; Copulation; Sexual selection; Social insect; Sperm storage; Termite; Wasp

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPULATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUSOCIALITY; FLAGELLATE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; KIN SELECTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLYANDRY; POLYPLOIDY; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL INSECT; SPERM; TERMITE; WASP;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 80054727254     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.07.022     Document Type: Review

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