Inter-tegular span and head width as estimators of fresh and dry body mass in bumblebees (Bombus spp.)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 251-257

  Hagen, M ^a   Dupont, Y L ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomass; Body size; Bombus; Linear body dimension; Ranged major axis regression

Indexed keywords

BEE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MUSEUM; SPECIMEN BANK;

APOIDEA;

EID: 84876087509     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-013-0290-x     Document Type: Article

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