Subsociality and the Evolution of Eusociality

Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 358-362

  Linksvayer, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alloparental care; Eusociality; Haplodiploidy; Heterochrony hypothesis; Hymenoptera; Kin selection; Maternal care; Multilevel selection; Ovarian groundplan; Parental manipulation; Reproductive groundplan; Semisociality; Social evolution; Subsociality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069175232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00359-4     Document Type: Chapter

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