Division of labour and socially induced changes in response thresholds in associations of solitary halictine bees

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 593-602

  Jeanson, Raphaël ^a   Clark, Rebecca M ^b   Holbrook, C Tate ^b   Bertram, Susan M ^c   Fewell, Jennifer H ^b   Kukuk, Penelope F ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

division of labour; halictine bee; Lasioglossum NDA 1; nest construction; response threshold; self reinforcement; social modulation

Indexed keywords

BEE; GROUP BEHAVIOR; LABOR DIVISION; NESTING; SOCIAL CHANGE;

APOIDEA; CTENONOMIA;

EID: 49149128340     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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