Foundress polyphenism and the origins of eusociality in a facultatively eusocial sweat bee, Megalopta genalis (Halictidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 331-340

  Kapheim, Karen M ^a,b,c   Smith, Adam R ^b,d   Nonacs, Peter ^a   Wcislo, William T ^b   Wayne, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive behavior; Facultative eusociality; Maternal manipulation; Polyphenism; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

BEE; BODY SIZE; COLONY; EUSOCIALITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HEXAPODA; MEGALOPTA GENALIS;

EID: 84872399503     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1453-x     Document Type: Article

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