Degree-day accumulation controlling allopatric and sympatric variations in the sociality of sweat bees, Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) baleicum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1239-1247

  Hirata, Masanori ^a   Higashi, Seigo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Social evolution; Social polymorphism; Sweat bee; Sympatric variation

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; BEE; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALISM; SYMPATRY;

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HYMENOPTERA; LASIOGLOSSUM BALEICUM;

EID: 43749097245     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0552-1     Document Type: Article

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