All Clone-mates are not Created Equal: Fitness Discounting Theory Predicts Pea Aphid Colony Structure

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-59

  Duff, Keely M ^a   Mondor, Edward B ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; antipredator defense; fitness discounting; group living; predation risk; vigilance

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 84655162068     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-011-9275-7     Document Type: Article

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