Behavioral suites mediate group-level foraging dynamics in communities of tropical stingless bees

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-113

  Lichtenberg, E M ^a   Imperatriz Fonseca, V L ^b   Nieh, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dominance; Group foraging; Species removal; Superorganism

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEE; BODY SIZE; COLONIAL ORGANISM; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DOMINANCE; EUSOCIALITY; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; POLLINATOR; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

APOIDEA; FRIESEOMELITTA VARIA; MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA; MELIPONINAE; NANNOTRIGONA TESTACEICORNIS; SCAPTOTRIGONA; TRIGONA; TRIGONA SPINIPES;

EID: 76149136694     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-009-0055-8     Document Type: Article

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