Effect of group size on ovarian development in bumblebee workers (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus)

Entomologia Generalis

Volumn 29, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 305-314

  Cnaani, Jonathan ^a   Wong, Andy ^a   Thomson, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bombus impatiens (Cresson 1863); Dominance hierarchy; Oocyte; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; HYMENOPTERA; IMPATIENS;

EID: 35848945929     PISSN: 01718177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/entom.gen/29/2007/305     Document Type: Article

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