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Adaptive dynamic resource allocation in annual eusocial insects: environmental variation will not necessarily promote graded control

BACKGROUND: According to the classical model of Macevicz and Oster, annual eusocial insects should show a clear dichotomous "bang-bang" strategy of resource allocation; colony fitness is maximised when a period of pure colony growth (exclusive production of workers) is followed by a single...

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Autores principales: Mitesser, Oliver, Weissel, Norbert, Strohm, Erhard, Poethke, Hans-Joachim
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2242787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18093303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-7-16