Sperm influences female hibernation success, survival and fitness in the bumble-bee Bombus terrestris

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1560, 2005, Pages 319-323

  Baer, Boris ^a   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Cost of mating; Life history; Male social insects

Indexed keywords

BEE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HIBERNATION; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SOCIAL INSECT; SPERM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BEE; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EJACULATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; HOMOZYGOTE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATING SUCCESS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SURVIVAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA; RAPHIA FRATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 16244399191     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2958     Document Type: Article

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