Females of the European beewolf preserve their honeybee prey against competing fungi

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 198-203

  Strohm, Erhard ^a   Eduard Linsenmair, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Chemical preservation; Fungus infestation; Hymenoptera; Parental care; Philanthus triangulum F.; Sphecidae

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; FOOD PROVISIONING; FUNGUS; PRESERVATION; WASP;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS SP.; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; PHILANTHUS TRIANGULUM; SPHECIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0035027911     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2001.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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