Within-nest behaviour in a eusocial australian allodapine bee Exoneura (Exoneurella) tridentata Houston (apidae: xylocopinae)

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 55-63

  Steen, Zeta ^a   Schwarz, Michael P ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Allodapine bees; Exoneura tridentata; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 7844251487     PISSN: 00855812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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