Neighbourhood society: nesting dynamics, usurpations and social behaviour in solitary bees.

Intraspecific cleptoparasitism represents a facultative strategy advantageous for reducing time and energy costs. However, only a few studies about nesting dynamics have described intraspecific cleptoparasitic behaviour in obligate solitary bees. We focused on nesting dynamics with the characterisat...

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Main Authors: Kateřina Černá, Monika Zemenová, Lenka Macháčková, Zdislava Kolínová, Jakub Straka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3774747?pdf=render