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Morphological Senescence and Longevity: An Experiment Relating Wing Wear and Life Span in Foraging Wild Bumble Bees
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Morphological Senescence and Longevity: An Experiment Relating Wing Wear and Life Span in Foraging Wild Bumble Bees
Ralph V. Cartar
Ralph V. Cartar
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1 February 1992
journal article
Published by
JSTOR
in
Journal of Animal Ecology
Vol. 61
(1)
,
225
https://doi.org/10.2307/5525
Abstract
1. The insect wing appears to degenerate with use, so that wing wear increases with increased flight activity. Wing degeneration may affect an insect's mort...
Keywords
SENESCENCE
BEES
LONGEVITY
FLIGHT
MORPHOLOGICAL
WILD
WING
MORT
BUMBLE
EXPERIMENT RELATING
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