Little effect of seasonal constraints on population genetic structure in eusocial paper wasps

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2615-2624

  Lengronne, Thibault ^a,b   Leadbeater, Ellouise ^b,c   Patalano, Solenn ^b,d   Dreier, Stephanie ^b   Field, Jeremy ^c   Sumner, Seirian ^b   Keller, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic structure; Polistes canadensis; Polistes dominulus; Population viscosity; Sociality; Tropical temperate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887850609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.366     Document Type: Article

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