Colony size evolution and the origin of eusociality in corbiculate bees (hymenoptera: Apinae)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Rodriguez Serrano, Enrique ^a   Inostroza Michael, Oscar ^a   Avaria Llautureo, Jorge ^a   Hernandez, Cristian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APINAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84863738661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040838     Document Type: Article

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