Sex ratio variation in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-82

  Duchateau, Marie José ^a   Velthuis, Hayo H W ^a   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Bumblebees; Colony development; Queen control; Reproductive strategies; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL ORGANISM; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 1542650710     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg087     Document Type: Article

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