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Changing of the guard: mixed specialization and flexibility in nest defense (Tetragonisca angustula )
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Baudier, Kaitlin M., Ostwald, Madeleine M., Grüter, Christoph, Segers, Francisca H. I. D., Roubik, David Ward, Pavlic, Theodore P., Pratt, Stephen C., and Fewell, Jennifer H. 2019. "Changing of the guard: mixed specialization and flexibility in nest defense (Tetragonisca angustula ) ." Behavioral Ecology , 30, (4) 1041–1049. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz047 .
Abstract
Colonies of the stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula have few highly specialized, morphologically distinct nest defenders. Colonies balance this developmental s
