Cooperative breeding, offspring packaging, and biased sex ratios in allodapine bees

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-148

  Greeff, Jaco M ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allodapine bees; Class structured groups; Cooperative breeding; Packaging; Reproductive value; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; INSECT; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0032950810     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.2.141     Document Type: Article

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