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Predictors of nest growth: diminishing returns for subordinates in the paper wasp Polistes dominula

ABSTRACT: In cooperative breeders, subordinates that have alternative reproductive options are expected to stay and help dominant breeders only as long as they contribute to group productivity, if their fitness is linked with colony success. Female Polistes dominula paper wasps live as cooperative b...

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Autores principales: Grinsted, Lena, Field, Jeremy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5945790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29773925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-018-2502-x