Phenotypic variation in male and worker encapsulation response in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 591-596

  Baer, Boris ^a   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Encapsulation response; Immune system; Life history; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

BEE; ENCAPSULATION; FITNESS; IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; PARASITISM; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33845589798     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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