Socio-economies of brood destruction during supersedure in the carpenter bee Xylocopa pubescens

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 931-952

  Hogendoorn, K ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Kin selection; Oophagy; Sociality; Supersedure; Xylocopa

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; XYLOCOPA PUBESCENS; XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA;

EID: 0030444196     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1996.9060931.x     Document Type: Article

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