Reproductive hierarchies in the African allodapine bee Allodapula dichroa (Apidae; Xylocopinae) and ancestral forms of sociality

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 520-530

  Tierney, Simon M ^a   Schwarz, Michael P ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allodapini; Alloparental care; Benefits to group living; Body size; Caste evolution; Developmental ground plan; Facultative social behaviour; Reproductive queuing; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BEE; BODY SIZE; DOMINANCE; EVOLUTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ALLODAPINI; ALLODAPULA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; DICHROA; MACROGALEA; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 67649840233     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01236.x     Document Type: Article

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