Emergence of division of labour in halictine bees: Contributions of social interactions and behavioural variance

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1183-1193

  Jeanson, Raphaël ^a,c   Kukuk, Penelope F ^b   Fewell, Jennifer H ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT;

APOIDEA; CTENONOMIA; INSECTA; LASIOGLOSSUM HEMICHALCEUM;

EID: 27144472715     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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