Colony Social Organisation and Alternative Social Strategies in the Eastern Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa virginica

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 399-411

  Richards, Miriam H ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

facultatively social; reproductive strategy; Social polymorphism; Xylocopa

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 79960172954     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-011-9265-9     Document Type: Article

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