Vocabulary
What is the pattern of mating in which a female only has one mate at a time?
Monandry
What was mating system was found to be true in all eight eusocial lineages that were studied?
Monogamy
Colonies often protect their nests as a group. What lecture concept does this behavior connect to?
Territoriality
What is the pattern of mating in which a female has more than one male mate?
Polyandry
How many eusocial hymenoptera species were compared, as well as what did the authors compare for analysis?
267 species, female mating frequencies
Eusocial insects improve colony efficiency through collective foraging. Which lecture concept does this relate to?
Foraging theory or optimal foraging behavior
What is the word for the highest level of complex social organization that consists of a single reproductive female & non reproductive/sterile individuals?
Eusociality
The study found that eusociality evolved under the combination of direct benefits of altruism and high relatedness, supporting which evolutionary theory?
Kin Selection
The evolution of worker and queen roles in eusocial insects is an example of what lecture concept involving behavioral alternatives based on evolutionary payoff?
Alternative reproductive strategies/conditional strategies