The cost of defense in social insects: Insights from the honey bee

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Rivera Marchand, Bert ^a   Giray, Tugrul ^b   Guzmán Novoa, Ernesto ^c  

^a INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africanized bees; Apidae; Apini; Apis mellifera; Continent; Demography; Island; Life history; Resource availability; Social Hymenoptera; Temperate; Trade off; Tropical

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; HONEYBEE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIAL INSECT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

APIDAE; APINI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 51749083272     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00747.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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