The scaling of growth, reproduction and defense in colonies of Amazonian Termites

Phenotypes can evolve through life-history tradeoffs. Termites have been the first eusocial insects on Earth, prompting life history evolution at the colony level. Despite this, termite life-history allocation strategies are poorly known. Here, we addressed this issue using novel data on three comm...

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Main Authors: Pedro A. C. L. Pequeno, Elizabeth Franklin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2018-03-01
Series:Sociobiology
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Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/1786