Percent lipid is associated with body size but not task in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 197, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1097-1104

  Couvillon, Margaret J ^a,b   Jandt, Jennifer M ^a   Bonds, Jennifer ^a   Helm, Bryan R ^a   Dornhaus, Anna ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bumble bees; Division of labor; Lipid; Size polymorphism; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; LIPID METABOLISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80255138872     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0670-5     Document Type: Article

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