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Small worker bumble bees (Bombus impatiens) are hardier against starvation than their larger sisters

Margaret J. Couvillon, Anna Dornhaus

Insectes Sociaux · 2010 · 101 citations · 33 references

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Regulation Of Division Of Labor In Insect Societies

Gene E. Robinson · Annual Review of Entomology · 1992 · 901 citations

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George Oster · PubMed · 1978 · 515 citations

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Exploring links between physiology and ecology at macro‐scales: the role of respiratory metabolism in insects

Steven L. Chown, Kevin J. Gaston · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 1999 · 351 citations

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