The evolution of eusociality is one of the major evolutionary transitions of life on earth. For investigating the conditions and processes that are central to the origin of such integrated social organization, it is best to study organisms in which individuals have retained some flexibility in their reproductive strategies. Halictid bees are especially well suited as model organisms, because they show huge variation in social systems, both within and between species. In this thesis, I investigated female reproductive strategies in the primitively eusocial bee Halictus scabiosae, with a focus on the role of helpers, in order to get insight into the mechanisms governing the evolution and maintenance of eusociality. This species produces two b...
‘Reproduction’ is one of the key characteristic of life. Despite this, our knowledge of the evolutio...
Our planet is strongly suffering from human activities and their consequences. Obviously, the animal...
Livestock management is a rapidly changing sector in developing countries due to increasing demand f...
The evolution of eusociality is one of the major evolutionary transitions of life on earth. For inve...
Tropical plants species face a very particular environment with highly variable light intensity, hea...
Highly eusocial insect societies, such as all known ants, are typically characterized by a reproduct...
Worldwide, introductions of exotic species to new regions is of rising concern which can lead to cat...
Aufgrund ihrer vielfältigen Anpassungen in Ökologie und Verhalten stellen die Carnivora eine geeigne...
Summary : Due to anthropogenic impacts and natural fluctuations, fish usually have to cope with cons...
Les insectes sociaux représentent le paradigme de la vie coopérative dans le règne animal. Ceci repo...
Soil fertility in tropical agroecosystems is often subjected to degradation that leads to nutrient d...
The superfamiliy of bees, Apiformes, comprises more than 20,000 species. Within the group, the eusoc...
Tesis por compendio[EN] The general aim of this thesis was to reproductively characterize females fr...
Increasing environmental changes primarily due to anthropogenic impacts, are affecting organisms all...
Energy management triggers many life history traits. Due to sex-specifi c differences in rep...
‘Reproduction’ is one of the key characteristic of life. Despite this, our knowledge of the evolutio...
Our planet is strongly suffering from human activities and their consequences. Obviously, the animal...
Livestock management is a rapidly changing sector in developing countries due to increasing demand f...
The evolution of eusociality is one of the major evolutionary transitions of life on earth. For inve...
Tropical plants species face a very particular environment with highly variable light intensity, hea...
Highly eusocial insect societies, such as all known ants, are typically characterized by a reproduct...
Worldwide, introductions of exotic species to new regions is of rising concern which can lead to cat...
Aufgrund ihrer vielfältigen Anpassungen in Ökologie und Verhalten stellen die Carnivora eine geeigne...
Summary : Due to anthropogenic impacts and natural fluctuations, fish usually have to cope with cons...
Les insectes sociaux représentent le paradigme de la vie coopérative dans le règne animal. Ceci repo...
Soil fertility in tropical agroecosystems is often subjected to degradation that leads to nutrient d...
The superfamiliy of bees, Apiformes, comprises more than 20,000 species. Within the group, the eusoc...
Tesis por compendio[EN] The general aim of this thesis was to reproductively characterize females fr...
Increasing environmental changes primarily due to anthropogenic impacts, are affecting organisms all...
Energy management triggers many life history traits. Due to sex-specifi c differences in rep...
‘Reproduction’ is one of the key characteristic of life. Despite this, our knowledge of the evolutio...
Our planet is strongly suffering from human activities and their consequences. Obviously, the animal...
Livestock management is a rapidly changing sector in developing countries due to increasing demand f...