Prehibernal insemination and short dispersal of Ceratina flavipes (Hymenoptera: Anthophidae) in northernmost Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-102

  Kidokoro, Midori ^a   Kikuchi, Tomonori ^a   Hirata, Masanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carpenter bee; Ceratina flavipes; Dispersal; Hibernation; Insemination

Indexed keywords

BEE; COPULATION; DISPERSAL; HIBERNATION; REPRODUCTION;

JAPAN;

APHIDIDAE; APOIDEA; CERATINA FLAVIPES; HYMENOPTERA; XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA;

EID: 0037985452     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2003.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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