Brood insurance via protogyny: A source of female-biased sex allocation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1479, 2001, Pages 1869-1874

  Bull, N J ^a   Schwarz, M P ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allodapine bees; Insurance model; Protogyny; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

BEE; PROTOGYNY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

APIDAE; EXONEURA NIGRESCENS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0035934637     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1687     Document Type: Article

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