Impacts of flight distance on sex ratio and resource allocation to offspring in the leafcutter bee, Megachile rotundata

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 589-596

  Peterson, Jason H ^a,b   Roitberg, Bernard D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KING S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central place forager; Flight distance; Leafcutter bee; Megachile rotundata; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

APOIDEA; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 32144450425     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0085-9     Document Type: Article

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