Cooperative nesting and complex female-biased sex allocation in a tropical allodapine bee

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 355-364

  Thompson, Shannon ^a   Schwarz, Michael P ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Local resource enhancement; Macrogalea; Malawi; Reproductive skew; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

ALLOPARENTAL CARE; BEE; BROOD SIZE; COLONY FOUNDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; NESTING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

APOIDEA; MACROGALEA;

EID: 33748783609     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00679.x     Document Type: Article

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