Why do leafcutter bees cut leaves? new insights into the early evolution of bees

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1724, 2011, Pages 3593-3600

  Litman, Jessica R ^a   Danforth, Bryan N ^a   Eardley, Connal D ^b,c   Praz, Christophe J ^a,d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bee flower relationships; Bees; Diversification; Key innovation; Megachilidae; Nesting biology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEE; CLADISTICS; COLONIZATION; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLOWER; FOSSIL RECORD; INNOVATION; LEAF; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WASP;

APOIDEA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 80054904629     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0365     Document Type: Article

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