Brain allometry in bumblebee and honey bee workers

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-61

  Mares, Stefanie ^a   Ash, Lesley ^a   Gronenberg, Wulfila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain size; Polymorphism; Social insects; Task specialization

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONEYBEE; INSECT SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; BEES; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ORGAN SIZE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 20544463285     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085047     Document Type: Article

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