Guarding specialisation in pre-reproductive colonies of the allodapine bee exoneura bicolor

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-77

  Hogendoorn, K ^a   Schwarz, M P ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchy; Hymenoptera; Ovarian inhibition; Sociality

Indexed keywords

BEE; DOMINANCE; GUARDING; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANTHOPHORIDAE; EXONEURA BICOLOR; HYMENOPTRA;

EID: 0031954874     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1998.9522872     Document Type: Article

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