Phoretic mites use flowers to transfer between foraging bumblebees

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 303-310

  Schwarz, H H ^a   Huck, K ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acari; Bombus; Dispersal; Horizontal transmission; Phoresy

Indexed keywords

BUMBLEBEE; FLOWER VISITING; MITE; PHORESY;

ACARIDAE; APIDAE; BOMBUS; HYMENOPTERA; HYPOARSPIS HYATTI; HYPOASPIDIDAE; KUZINIA LAEVIS; PARASITELLUS FUCORUM; PARASITELLUS IGNOTUS; PARASITIDAE; PNEUMOLAELAPS HYATTI; SCUTACARIDAE; SCUTACARUS ACARORUM;

EID: 0031464851     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050051     Document Type: Article

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