Conflict over male parentage in stingless bees

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Toth E ^a,b   Queller, D C ^a   Dollin, A ^c   Strassmann, J E ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Australian Native Bee Res Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conflict; Male parentage; Meliponinae; Relatedness; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

BEE; QUEEN; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTION; WORKER CASTE;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MELIPONA; MELIPONINAE; PLEBEIA; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 1642315546     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-003-0707-z     Document Type: Review

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