Emergence dynamics and bet hedging in a desert bee, Perdita portalis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1432, 1999, Pages 1985-1994

  Danforth, Bryan N ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Diapause; Diversity; Insect plant interactions

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

BEE; BET-HEDGING; DESERT; EMERGENCE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; BEE; BODY WEIGHT; DESERT; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMIDITY; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PERDITA; PERDITA PORTALIS;

EID: 0033533885     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0876     Document Type: Article

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