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Small worker bumble bees (Bombus impatiens) are hardier against starvation than their larger sisters

In bumble bees (Bombus spp.), where workers within the same colony exhibit up to a tenfold difference in mass, labor is divided by body size. Current adaptive explanations for this important life history feature are unsatisfactory. Within the colony, what is the function of the smaller workers? Here...

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Publicado no:Insectes Soc
Main Authors: Couvillon, M. J., Dornhaus, A.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: 2010
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4440687/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26005218
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-010-0064-7
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