Effect of group size on the aggression strategy of an extirpating stingless bee, Trigona spinipes

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-154

  Nieh, J C ^a   Kruizinga, K ^a   Barreto, L S ^b   Contrera, F A L ^c   Imperatriz Fonseca, V L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Laboratorio de Abelhas LABE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aggression; Competition; Foraging; Group effects; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; GROUP SIZE;

APOIDEA; INSECTA; MELIPONA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA; TRIGONA;

EID: 20844463655     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-004-0785-6     Document Type: Article

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