Kin composition effects on reproductive competition among queenless honeybee workers

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 427-432

  Inbar, Shani ^a   Katzav Gozansky, Tamar ^a   Hefetz, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dufour's gland; Fertility signal; Ovary activation; Patrilines; Reproductive competition; Single drone insemination

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FERTILITY; FITNESS; HONEYBEE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; KIN SELECTION; KINSHIP; WORKER CASTE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HONEYBEE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; KIN SELECTION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; REARING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SPECIES DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; MALE; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 42449098862     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0343-6     Document Type: Article

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