Larval Ejection Behavior in Bombus occidentalis in Response to CO2- Or N2-Induced Narcosis

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 359-361

  Kukuk, Penelope F ^a,b   Kilgore Jr , Delbert L ^a   Frappell, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0005241270     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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