Parasites delay worker reproduction in bumblebees: Consequences for eusociality

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 242-248

  Shykoff, Jacqui A ^a   Schmid hempel, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; BUMBLEBEE; EUSOCIALITY; PARASITISM; REPRODUCTION; TRYPANOSOME;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CRITHIDIA BOMBI;

EID: 0026339658     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/2.3.242     Document Type: Article

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