The effect of non-synchronous dispersal on brood production in an allodapine bee, Exoneura bicolor Smith (Apidae, Allodapini)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-107

  Silberbauer, L X ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allodapine bees; Dispersal strategies; Exoneura bicolor; Founding behavior

Indexed keywords

EXONEURA BICOLOR;

EID: 0030998995     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050033     Document Type: Article

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