Body size, demography and foraging in a socially plastic sweat bee: A common garden experiment

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 743-756

  Field, Jeremy ^a   Paxton, Robert ^b,c   Soro, Antonella ^b,c   Craze, Paul ^a,d   Bridge, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d ELSEVIER MASSON   (France)

Author keywords

Common garden; Halictus; Phenotypic plasticity; Social phenotype; Sweat bees

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; EUSOCIALITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEST SITE; OVERWINTERING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SOCIAL INSECT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

APOIDEA; HALICTINAE; HALICTUS RUBICUNDUS;

EID: 84859705967     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1322-7     Document Type: Article

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