Drone aggregation behavior in the social wasp Vespula germanica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): Effect of kinship and density

Inbreeding can have negative consequences on population viability because of the reduced fitness of the progeny. In general, most species have developed mechanisms to minimize inbreeding such as dispersal and kin avoidance behavior. In the eusocial Hymenoptera, related individuals typically share a...

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Autores principales: Masciocchi, Maite, Angeletti, Bárbara, Corley, Juan Carlos, Martinez Von Ellrich, Andres
Formato: info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Nature Research 2020
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7190
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-64232-9
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64232-9

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