Mutually beneficial host exploitation and ultra-biased sex ratios in quasisocial parasitoids

Selfish interests usually preclude resource sharing, but under some conditions collective actions enhance per capita gains. Such Allee effects underlay early explanations of social evolution but current understanding focusses on kin selection (inclusive fitness). We find an Allee effect that explain...

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Main Authors: Tang, Xiuyun, Meng, Ling, Kapranas, Apostolos, Xu, Fuyuan, Hardy, Ian C.W., Li, Baoping
Format: Article
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2014
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41519/