Extended parental care in the mass provisioning silk wasp, Microstigmus rosae

<p>Insurance-based mechanisms, where surviving group-members can complete parental care after the death of a nestmate, are key to the origin of cooperative group formation in insects. Selection for group living via these models is proposed to be dependent on the life expectancy of adult carers...

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Main Authors: Bonifacii, RL, Field, J
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Springer 2024