The evolution of activity breaks in the nest cycle of annual eusocial bees: A model of delayed exponential growth

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mitesser, Oliver ^a   Weissel, Norbert ^a   Strohm, Erhard ^b   Poethke, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GROWTH; MORTALITY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HEXAPODA; LASIOGLOSSUM MALACHURUM;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33746902355     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-6-45     Document Type: Article

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