Selection on size variation: more variation in bumble bee workers and in the wild

Abstract Body size is a key feature of any organism, influencing almost every aspect of its life history. Social insects provide an interesting model to study body size, because they often exhibit a high degree of worker size variation within the colony. Size variation is often studied in the lab, s...
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Autor*in:

Kelemen, E. P. [verfasserIn]

Skyrm, K.

Dornhaus, A.

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2022

Schlagwörter:

Body size

Variation

Bumble bee

Commercial

Lab artifact

Anmerkung:

© International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI) 2022

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Insectes sociaux - Cham (ZG) : Springer International Publishing AG, 1954, 69(2022), 1 vom: Feb., Seite 93-98

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:69 ; year:2022 ; number:1 ; month:02 ; pages:93-98

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s00040-022-00850-y

Katalog-ID:

SPR046376895

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