Effects of Male age and Size on Mating Success in the Bumblebee Bombus terrestris

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  2012

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  Journal of insect behavior

• Publication date

  2012-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology

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  DOI 10.1007/s10905-011-9306-4
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