Seasonal variation in the sex allocation of a neotropical solitary bee

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 401-408

  Martins, Rogerio P ^a   Antonini, Yasmine ^a   Da Silveira, Fernando A ^a   West, Stuart A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bees; Diadasina distincta; Eusociality; Local resource enhancement; Sex ratio; Variance

Indexed keywords

BEE; LIFE HISTORY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX ALLOCATION;

ANTHOPHORIDAE; APOIDEA; DIADASINA; DIADASINA DISTINCTA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032850398     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.4.401     Document Type: Article

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