Juveniles and the elderly defend, the middle-aged escape: Division of labour in a social aphid

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Uematsu, Keigo ^a   Shimada, Masakazu ^a   Shibao, Harunobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Division of labour; Reproductive value; Social aphids; Spatial organization

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; APHID; COLONY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; LABOR DIVISION; MORPHOLOGY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SOCIAL INSECT; VULNERABILITY;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; APHID; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT TUMOR; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SAXIFRAGACEAE; SEASON; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; APHIDS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; NYMPH; PLANT TUMORS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SAXIFRAGACEAE; SEASONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874140143     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.1053     Document Type: Article

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