Scent marking in male premating behavior of Bombus confusus

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1489-1500

  Kindl, Jiří ^a   Hovorka, Oldřich ^a   Urbanová, Klára ^a   Valterová, Irena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

(Z) 9 octadecenyl acetate; Apidae; Bombus confusus; Bumblebees; Geranylcitronellol; Hymenoptera; Male male interaction; Perching behavior; Scent marking; Site tenacity

Indexed keywords

BEE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; SCENT MARKING;

ARTICLE; BEE; BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; ARACHNIDA; BOMBUS CONFUSUS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032765595     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020824529729     Document Type: Article

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