Body size differs in workers produced across time and is associated with variation in the quantity and composition of larval food in Nannotrigona perilampoides (Hymenoptera, Meliponini)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-38

  Quezada Euan J J G ^a   Lopez Velasco A ^a   Perez Balam J ^a   Moo Valle, H ^a   Velazquez Madrazo, A ^b   Paxton, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE CONKAL   (Mexico)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Morphometrics; Pollen; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BEE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LARVA; MORPHOMETRY; POLLEN; POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN; SEASONALITY; SUGAR; WORKER CASTE;

HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; NANNOTRIGONA PERILAMPOIDES;

EID: 79251594947     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-010-0113-2     Document Type: Article

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