The extended phenotype within the colony and how it obscures social communication

Sociobiology of Communication: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hughes, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behavioural manipulation; Conflict; Organism; Parasites; Selfish gene; Social insects; Superorganism

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EID: 84920751682     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216840.003.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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