Solitary behavior in a high-altitude population of the social sweat bee Halictus rubicundus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 227-233

  Eickwort, George C ^a,b   Eickwort, Jeffrey M ^a,d   Gordon, Jill ^a,e   Eickwort, M Alex ^a,f   Weislo, W T ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d Clemson University ^*  (United States)

^e CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Halictus rubicundus; High altitude population; Holarctic distribution; Leucophora; Solitary behavior

Indexed keywords

EUSOCIALITY; SOLITARINESS; SWEAT BEE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

USA, COLORADO, ROCKY MOUNTAINS; USA, NEW YORK;

ANTHOMYIIDAE; DIPTERA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTUS RUBICUNDUS; HYMENOPTERA; LEUCOPHORA;

EID: 0030434180     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050236     Document Type: Article

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