Differential cutting by leaf-cutter bees (Megachilidae: Hymenoptera) on leaves of redbud (Cercis canadensis) and Mexican redbuds (Cercis canadensis var. mexicana) with different surface waxes

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-81

  Eigenbrode, Sanford D ^a,b   White, Marcia ^a   Tipton, Jimmy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; CUTTING; DIFFERENTIATION; LEAF; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

CERCIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 0033498146     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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