The distribution of bumblebee colour patterns worldwide: possible significance for thermoregulation, crypsis, and warning mimicry

By Paul H. Williams. 2007

203 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. S. Cameron
2. Dave Goulson
3. P. Schmid-Hempel
4. Mark J. F. Brown
5. Paul H. Williams
6. Ya Tang
7. H. Hines
8. Jianwu Yao

In Genetics

1. S. Cameron
2. P. Schmid-Hempel
3. Dave Goulson
4. Mark J. F. Brown
5. H. Hines
6. Paul H. Williams
7. C. Rasmussen
8. N. E. Raine

In Insect Science

1. S. Cameron
2. P. Schmid-Hempel
3. Dave Goulson
4. Ya Tang
5. Jianwu Yao
6. Mark J. F. Brown
7. Paul H. Williams
8. J. Ollerton

Citations in the corpus

• Unveiling cryptic species of the bumblebee subgenus Bombus s. str. worldwide with COI barcodes (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (2012, background): “Williams, 2007), or whether the similarities are purely the result of descent without modification.”
• The bumblebees of Sichuan (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini) (2009, background): “The most obvious characters of bumblebees are those of the colours of their pubescence (Williams, 2007).”
• A comprehensive phylogeny of the bumble bees (Bombus) (2007, background): “Not only are Bombus predisposed to converge sympatrically on similar colour patterns (Williams, 2007), but other insects mimic the Bombus patterns (Evans & Waldbauer, 1982), thus providing excellent opportunities to examine the influence of natural selection on the generation of variation among…”