Preservation and loss of the honey bee (Apis) egg-marking signal across evolutionary time

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1509-1514

  Nanork, Piyamas ^a   Wongsiri, Siriwat ^a   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^b  

^a MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis cerana; Apis florea; Apis mellifera; Signals; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; HONEYBEE; OVIPOSITION; PHYLOGENETICS; PRESERVATION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SIGNALING; WORKER CASTE;

APIS; APIS CERANA; APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA; MYA;

EID: 34447127020     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0382-6     Document Type: Article

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