Impact of resource levels on sex ratio and resource allocation in the solitary bee, Megachile rotundata

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1404-1410

  Peterson, J H ^a,b   Roitberg, B D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KING S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food availability; Leafcutter bee; Megachile rotundata; Resource allocation; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BEE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEX RATIO;

APOIDEA; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 33845234782     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2006)35[1404:IORLOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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