Sociality in the phylogenetically basal allodapine bee genus Macrogalea (Apidae: Xylocopinae): Implications for social evolution in the tribe Allodapini

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 211-224

  Tierney, Simon M ^a   Schwarz, Michael P ^a   Neville, Tania ^a   Schwarz, Patricia M ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alloparental care; Per capita brood production; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

BEE; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALLODAPINI; APIDAE; APOIDEA; MACROGALEA; MACROGALEA ZANZIBARICA; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 0036618856     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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