Social influences on body size and developmental time in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1601-1612

  Shpigler, Hagai ^a   Tamarkin, Matan ^a   Gruber, Yael ^a   Poleg, Maayan ^a   Siegel, Adam J ^a,b   Bloch, Guy ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloethism; Bombus terrestris; Bumblebee; Caste determination; Division of labor; Size determination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BEE; BODY SIZE; CASTE; COLONY; EMERGENCE; LABOR DIVISION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; OPTIMIZATION; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84883762561     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1571-0     Document Type: Article

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