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Colony pace: a life-history trait affecting social insect epidemiology.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 13 Jan 2016

Buechel Séverine Denise, Schmid-Hempel Paul

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Among colonies of social insects, the worker turnover rate (colony 'pace') typically shows considerable variation. This has epidemiological consequences for parasites, because in 'fast-paced' colonies, with short-lived workers, the time of parasite residence in a given host will be reduced, and further transmission may thus get less likely. Here, we test this idea and ask whether pace is a life-history strategy...

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PMID: 26763696
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1919
PMCID: PMC4721082

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