Secondarily solitary: The evolutionary loss of social behavior

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 468-474

  Wcislo, Willam T ^a   Danforth, Bryan N ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR; SOLITARINESS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; HONEYBEE; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031419061     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01198-1     Document Type: Review

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