MECHANISMS OF ORGANIZATION IN SOCIAL INSECTS: THE INFLUENCES OF SPATIAL ALLOCATION, DOMINANCE INTERACTIONS, AND WORKER VARIATION IN BUMBLE BEES
Social insect workers can vary in terms of body size, space use, division of labor, and reproductive potential. Here, I begin to 'dissect' a social insect colony, using the bumble bee Bombus impatiens, to determine how this variation affects colony organization. I found that workers are sp...
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The University of Arizona.
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193522 |