Sex-biased dispersal, haplodiploidy and the evolution of helping in social insects

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1729, 2012, Pages 787-793

  Johnstone, Rufus A ^a   Cant, Michael A ^b   Field, Jeremy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; Cooperation; Kin selection; Local competition; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; KIN SELECTION; PHILOPATRY; PLOIDY; RELATEDNESS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INSECT;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84855694923     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1257     Document Type: Review

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