The effect of pollen protein concentration on body size in the sweat bee Lasioglossum zephyrum (Hymenoptera: Apiformes)

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-65

  Roulston, T'ai H ^a,c   Cane, James H ^b,c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bees; Body size; Diet; Halictidae; Hymenoptera; Pollen; Protein

Indexed keywords

BEE; BODY SIZE; FOOD PROVISIONING; POLLEN; PROTEIN;

APOIDEA; GLYCINE MAX; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LASIOGLOSSUM ZEPHYRUM; TYPHA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036077843     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016048526475     Document Type: Article

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