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Bumble Bees (Apidae: Bombus) Through the Ages: Historical Biogeography and the Evolution of Color Diversity

Hines, Heather M.

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Title
Bumble Bees (Apidae: Bombus) Through the Ages: Historical Biogeography and the Evolution of Color Diversity
Author(s)
Hines, Heather M.
Issue Date
2008
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Sydney A. Cameron
Department of Study
Entomology
Discipline
Entomology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Biology, Entomology
Language
eng
Abstract
In the final chapter, I add the rare obligate social parasite Bombus inexspectatus to the phylogeny to assess the evolution of social parasitism. B. inexspectatus is not the sister taxon to its host B. ruderarius, but a close relative, and therefore adheres to the loose version of Emery's rule.
Graduation Semester
2008
Type of Resource
text
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