Dominant-subordinate relationships in a facultatively social, nocturnal bee, Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-193

  Arneson, Laura ^a   Wcislo, William T ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Agonism; Bees; Dominance; Halictidae; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BEE; DOMINANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MEGALOPTA GENALIS;

EID: 0037877917     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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