The effect of group size on the interplay between dominance and reproduction in Bombus terrestris

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Amsalem, Etya ^a   Hefetz, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BUMBLEBEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WORKER (INSECT); ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; BEE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SECRETION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA;

ESTER;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BEES; ESTERS; FEMALE; OVARY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 79953143613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018238     Document Type: Article

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