The effect of juvenile hormone on Polistes wasp fertility varies with cooperative behavior

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 559-564

  Tibbetts, Elizabeth A ^a   Sheehan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste; Cooperation; Developmental plasticity; Evolutionary endocrinology; Juvenile hormone; Split function hypothesis

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FERTILITY; HORMONE ACTION; INSECT CASTE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTES METRICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WASP;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; JUVENILE HORMONES; MALE; OVARY; WASPS;

EID: 84859099582     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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