Size variation and aggression among male Xylocopa virginica (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) at a nesting site in Central Oklahoma

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-20

  Barthell, John F ^a   Baird, Troy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apidae; Behavioral ecology; Carpenter bees; Hymenoptera; Insecta; Intrasexual aggression; Polygyny; Site fidelity; Size; Xylocopinae

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEE; BODY SIZE; MALE; NEST SITE;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; ASCLEPIAS; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 1542289911     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0301-27.1     Document Type: Article

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