Antennal response to fragrance compounds in male orchid bees

Chemoecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 135-138

  Eltz, Thomas ^a   Lunau, Klaus ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bee olfaction; EAG; Euglossine bees; Euglossini; Sensory specialisation

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; EUGLOSSA; EUGLOSSINI; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 23944485892     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-005-0303-y     Document Type: Article

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