Size-dependent selection against small queens of the invasive bumblebee Bombus terrestris in Japan

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-70

  Inoue, Maki N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apidae; Biological invasion; Body size; Hibernation; Hymenoptera; Nest founding; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BODY SIZE; HIBERNATION; INSECT; NEST SITE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SIZE SELECTION;

JAPAN;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBINI; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 78650059905     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.01075.x     Document Type: Article

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