Sex ratlos in bumble bees

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1364, 1997, Pages 1921-1933

  Bourke, Andrew F G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUMBLEBEE; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO MODEL;

APIDAE; BOMBUS; HYMENOPTERA; PSITHYRUS;

EID: 0031590816     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0179     Document Type: Article

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