German yellowjacket (Vespula germanica) foragers use odors inside the nest to find carbohydrate food sources

Ethology

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 641-651

  Jandt, Jennifer M ^a   Jeanne, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ODOR;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; PARAVESPULA GERMANICA; VESPULA GERMANICA;

EID: 22044448459     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2005.01088.x     Document Type: Article

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