Male-male aggression peaks at intermediate relatedness in a social spider mite

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2661-2669

  Sato, Yukie ^a,b,c   Egas, Martijn ^a   Sabelis, Maurice W ^a   Mochizuki, Atsushi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antipredator defense; Kin competition; Male male conflict; Parental care; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STIGMAEOPSIS MISCANTHI; TETRANYCHIDAE;

EID: 84887950262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.661     Document Type: Article

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