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Body Size and Behavioural Plasticity Interact to Influence the Performance of Free-Foraging Bumble Bee Colonies

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Behavioural specialisation of individuals may improve the performance of groups, but could also limit the ability to switch tasks (behavioural ‘plasticity’) in response to changing group needs. In bumble bee colonies, body size, which is fixed once the bees reach adulthood, influence...

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Autores principales: Holland, Jacob G., Nakayama, Shinnosuke, Porfiri, Maurizio, Nov, Oded, Bloch, Guy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8001989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33802199
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects12030236

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