Reproductive decision-making in semelparous colonies of the bumblebee bombus terrestris

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 270-277

  Alaux, C ^a   Jaisson, P ^a   Hefetz, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Gyne production timing; Queen worker conflict; Reproductive decision; Semelparous

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLONY; DECISION MAKING; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 27644507865     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0035-6     Document Type: Article

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