Reproduction, social behavior, and aging trajectories in honeybee workers

Age

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-101

  Dixon, Luke ^a,b   Kuster, Ryan ^a,c   Rueppell, Olav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral profiles; Biodemography; Division of Labor; Mortality dynamics; Reproduction; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FORAGING; HUMIDITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PLASTICITY; QUEEN (INSECT); REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WORKER (INSECT);

AGING; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84899089507     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-013-9546-7     Document Type: Article

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