Thermoregulation and Respiratory Metabolism in two Brazilian Stingless Bee Subspecies of Different Climatic Distribution, Tetragonisca angustula fiebrigi and T a angustula (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae)

Entomologia Generalis

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 281-289

  Proni, Edson A ^a   Hebling, Maria José A ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brood area; Respiratory rate; T a angustula Latreille 1807; Temperature range; Tetragonisca angustula fiebrigi schwarz 1938; Thermoregulatory capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742567519     PISSN: 01718177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/entom.gen/20/1996/281     Document Type: Article

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