Body size, loading capacity and rate of reproduction in the communal bee Andrena agilissima (Hymenoptera; Andrenidae)

Apidologie

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 439-447

  Giovanetti, Manuela ^a   Lasso, Eloisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Andrenidae; Body size; Loading capacity; Nectar; Pollen; Rate of reproduction

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FOOD PROVISIONING; POLLEN; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANDRENA (GENUS); ANDRENA (SUBGENUS); ANDRENA AGILISSIMA; ANDRENIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 23744454035     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2005028     Document Type: Article

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