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maternal investment

Scope: population ecology

Papers: 5 | Mentions: 5

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Definition

Investment by female bees in offspring through pollen provision size and number of brood cells produced

Related Terms (4)

provision massparental investmentprovisioningpollen provisions

Publications (5)

How season length and diet breadth limit mason bee success across an elevational gradient

Impacts of brood parasites, floral abundance, and bee age on maternal investment in a solitary bee, <i> Osmia iridis </i>

Effects of Climate Variation and Nesting Traits on Sex Ratios of Adult Solitary Bees

Nectar sugar limits larval growth of solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

2009Environmental Entomologymeasured

Are native bees picky enough? The effect of an invasive plant, <i>Linaria vulgaris</i>, on the foraging of native bee pollinators

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