Identity and function of scent marks deposited by foraging bumblebees

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2897-2911

  Goulson, Dave ^a   Stout, Jane C ^a   Langley, John ^b   Hughes, William O H ^a  

^a School of Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(Z) 9 tricosene; Apidae; Bombus; Foraging behavior; Hymenoptera; n heptacosane; n heneicosane; n pentacosane; n tricosane; Repellency; Tarsal gland secretions

Indexed keywords

9 TRICOSENE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; HENICOSANE; N HEPTACOSANE; PENTACOSANE; TRICOSENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEE; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NECTAR; SCENT MARKING;

ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMOREACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ODOR; SECRETION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS LAPIDARIUS; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034534146     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026406330348     Document Type: Article

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