A Potential Role for Phenotypic Plasticity in Invasions and Declines of Social Insects

Fabio Manfredini1,2, Marina P. Arbetman3, Amy L. Toth4
1Department of Biological Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom
2School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
3Grupo de Ecología de la Polinización (EcoPol), INIBIOMA (Comahue–CONICET), Argentina
4Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, and Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, United States

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