Intranidal mating, emergence, and sex ratio in a communal bee andrena jacobi perkins 1921 (hymenoptera: andrenidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 421-440

  Paxton, R J ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communal bee; Emergence; Inbreeding; Intranidal mating; Protandry; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008297109     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02214020     Document Type: Article

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