Phylogenetic autocorrelation and evolutionary constraints in worker body size of some neotropical stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

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Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 222-228

  Pignata, Maria Izabel Barnez ^a   Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body size; Caste differentiation; Evolutionary constraints; Morphological evolution; Multivariate morphometrics; Phylogenetic autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030055256     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1996.35     Document Type: Article

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