Competition and cooperation: Bumblebee spatial organization and division of labor may affect worker reproduction late in life

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2341-2349

  Jandt, Jennifer M ^a   Dornhaus, Anna ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Division of labor; Ovary; Reproductive potential; Spatial organization; Worker competition

Indexed keywords

BEE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LABOR DIVISION; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; QUEEN; WORKER CASTE;

BOMBUS IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS;

EID: 80955158535     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1244-9     Document Type: Article

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