Patterns of provisioning and iteroparity in a solitary halictine bee, Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) fratellum (Perez), with notes on L. (E.) calceatum (Scop.) and L. (E.) villosulum (K.)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-182

  Field, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Halictidae; Iteroparity; Lasioglossum; Pleometrosis; Provisioning strategies

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; EVYLAEUS; HALICTIDAE; LASIOGLOSSUM CALCEATUM; LASIOGLOSSUM VILLOSULUM; SPHECODES;

EID: 0007493483     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01242568     Document Type: Article

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