Oh sister, where art thou? Spatial population structure and the evolution of an altruistic defence trait

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2443-2456

  Pamminger, T ^a,b   Foitzik, S ^a   Metzler, D ^c   Pennings, P S ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Host; Kin selection; Parasite; Population structure; Slavemaking ants; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALTRUISM; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COLONY STRUCTURE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; KIN SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIAL INSECT; VIRULENCE;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; TEMNOTHORAX LONGISPINOSUS;

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84922566005     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12496     Document Type: Article

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