Queen signaling in social wasps

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 976-986

  van Zweden, Jelle S ^a,b   Bonckaert, Wim ^b   Wenseleers, Tom ^b   d'Ettorre, Patrizia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Honest signal; Pheromone; Reproductive division of labor; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

ARMS RACE; CHEMICAL CUE; COLONY; CUTICLE; FERTILITY; HONEST SIGNALING; LABOR DIVISION; PHEROMONE; QUEEN; SIGNALING; SOCIAL INSECT; STERILITY; WASP;

ANIMALIA; DOLICHOVESPULA SAXONICA; HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE; VESPINAE; VESPULA VULGARIS;

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENOTYPE; MALE; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WASP;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENOTYPE; MALE; OVARY; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WASPS;

EID: 84898058765     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12314     Document Type: Article

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