Nesting biology of Centris (Hemisiella) vittata lepeletier in southeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Centridini)

Apidologie

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 327-338

  Pereira, Márcio ^a   Garófalo, Carlos Alberto ^a   Camillo, Evandro ^a   Serrano, José Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apidae; Brazil; Centris vittata; Nesting biology; Trap nest

Indexed keywords

BEE; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN;

BRAZIL;

ANTHRAX; APIDAE; CENTRIS VITTATA; COELIOXYS; HEMISIELLA VITTATA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0344549352     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19990409     Document Type: Article

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