Extended alloparental care in the almost solitary bee Exoneurella eremophila (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 275-282

  Hogendoorn, K ^a   Watiniasih, N L ^a   Schwarz, M P ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assured fitness returns; Sex ratio; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ALLOPARENTAL CARE; BEE; BROOD REARING; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0034865018     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100357     Document Type: Article

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