Caste ratios affect the reproductive output of social trematode colonies

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 509-516

  Kamiya, T ^a   Poulin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Caste ratio; Maritrema novaezealandensis; Optimal ratio theory; Philophthalmus; Reproductive output; Social trematodes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CASTE; COLONY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FLATWORM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CERCARIA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE MEDIUM; METABOLISM; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SNAIL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CERCARIA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE MEDIA; GENETIC FITNESS; LINEAR MODELS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SNAILS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

HEXAPODA; MARITREMA NOVAEZEALANDENSIS; PHILOPHTHALMUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 84873736425     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12062     Document Type: Article

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