Life history and social evolution of the primitively eusocial bee Augochlorella striata (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 116-138

  Mueller, Ulrich G ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EUSOCIAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 0030319716     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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