Maternity-related plasticity in circadian rhythms of bumble-bee queens

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1724, 2011, Pages 3510-3516

  Eban Rothschild, Ada ^a   Belluci, Selma ^a   Bloch, Guy ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Circadian rhythms; Maternal behaviour; Plasticity; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

BEE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIAPAUSE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL EFFECT; PATHOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PUPA; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 80054914044     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0579     Document Type: Article

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