Social-organization shift in the sweat bee, Lasioglossum baleicum (Hymenoptera, Halictidae), corresponds to changes in foraging activity of the predatory ant Tetramorium tsushimae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 241-250

  Yagi, Norihiro ^a   Hasegawa, Eisuke ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ants; Cooperation; Halictine bee; Predation; Sociality

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LASIOGLOSSUM BALEICUM; TETRAMORIUM TSUSHIMAE;

EID: 79960205020     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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