Order of Eclosion and Reproductive Differentiation in a Social Allodapine Bee

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 233-245

  O'keefe K J ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO LIVESTOCK INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allodapini Exoneura bicolor; Behavior; Caste differentiation; Dominance hierarchies; Hymenoptera; Sociality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041190178     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1991.9525371     Document Type: Article

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