Insect societies fight back: the evolution of defensive traits against social parasites
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0200
Abstract: Insect societies face many social parasites that exploit their altruistic behaviours or their resources. Due to the fitness costs these social parasites incur, hosts have evolved various behavioural, chemical, architectural and morphological defence traits. Similar… read more here.
Keywords: evolution; traits social; social parasites; insect societies ... See more keywords