Colony performance and immunocompetence of a social insect, Bombus terrestris, in poor and variable environments

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-30

  Schmid Hempel, R ^a   Schmid Hempel, P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colony growth; Food availability; Immunity; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BUMBLEBEE; COLONY GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; OFFSPRING PRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0031933888     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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