Ontogeny of cephalic volatile patterns in queens and mating biology of the neotropical stingless bee, scaptotrigona postica

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 251-256

  Engels, Wolf ^a   Engels, Elisabeth ^a   Francke, Wittko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developmental changes; Mating biology; Queen pheromones; Reproduction; Sex and caste specific volatile patterns; Stingless bee (Scaptotrigona postica)

Indexed keywords

SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 0031057139     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1997.9672583     Document Type: Article

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