Tragedy of the commons in Melipona bees.

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Published in Proc Biol Sci on August 07, 2004

Authors

Tom Wenseleers1, Francis L W Ratnieks

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK. tom.wenseleers@bio.kuleuven.ac.be

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