Relationship between body size, provisioning rate, longevity and reproductive success in females of the solitary bee Osmia cornuta

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-33

  Bosch, Jordi ^a,b   Vicens, Narcís ^b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Parental investment; Phenotypic fecundity; Sex allocation; Sex ratio; Usurpation

Indexed keywords

BEE; BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; WASP;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; OSMIA CORNUTA;

EID: 33646472013     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0134-4     Document Type: Article

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