Strong selection on mandible and nest features in a carpenter bee that nests in two sympatric host plants

Host plants are used by herbivorous insects as feeding or nesting resources. In wood-boring insects, host plants features may impose selective forces leading to phenotypic differentiation on traits related to nest construction. Carpenter bees build their nests in dead stems or dry twigs of shrubs an...

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Autores principales: Flores-Prado, Luis, Pinto, Carlos F, Rojas, Alejandra, Fontúrbel, Francisco E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4063478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24963379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.995

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4063478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24963379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.995

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