Not only single mating in stingless bees

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 143-146

  Paxton, Robert J ^a   Weißschuh, Nicole ^a   Engels, Wolf ^a   Hartfelder, Klaus ^a   Quezada Euan, J Javier G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; INSECT; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; INSECT; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0033000994     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050588     Document Type: Article

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