Is big the best? Queen size, usurpation and nest closure in a primitively eusocial sweat bee (Lasioglossum malachurum)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 435-447

  Zobel, Marion U ^a   Paxton, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity break; Alternative strategy; Competition; Foundress; Halictidae; Reproductive success; Worker production

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BEE; BODY SIZE; COLONY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EUSOCIALITY; NEST STRUCTURE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LASIOGLOSSUM MALACHURUM;

EID: 33845613548     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0271-4     Document Type: Article

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