Males vs workers: Testing the assumptions of the haploid susceptibility hypothesis in bumblebees

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 501-509

  Ruiz González, Mario X ^a   Brown, Mark J F ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Crithidia bombi; Haploid susceptibility; Sex differences; Social Hymenoptera

Indexed keywords

EUSOCIALITY; INFECTIVITY; INSECT; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM; PLOIDY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA BOMBI; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33745728858     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0192-2     Document Type: Article

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