Alkenes as a sexual pheromone in the alfalfa leaf-cutter bee Megachile rotundata

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 471-490

  Paulmier, Ivan ^a,c   Bagnères, Anne Geneviève ^a   Afonso, Carlos M M ^b   Dusticier, Georges ^a   Rivière, Germaine ^a,d   Clément, Jean Luc ^a  

^a UPR 9024   (France)

^b Dept Quimica   (Portugal)

^c CTBA   (France)

^d CNRS UPR 9011   (France)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Hymenoptera; Megachile rotundata; Sexual behavior of males; Solitary bee

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; SEX PHEROMONE;

MATING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PHEROMONE; POLLINATOR; VISUAL CUE;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEE; BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EXTRACTION; MATING; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 0344528657     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020993518226     Document Type: Article

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