Can alloethism in workers of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, be explained in terms of foraging efficiency?
- 1 July 2002
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Animal Behaviour
- Vol. 64 (1) , 123-130
- https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2002.3041
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