Olfactory cues and nest recognition in the solitary bee Osmia lignaria

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-119

  Guédot, Christelle ^a   Pitts Singer, Theresa L ^a,b   Buckner, James S ^b   Bosch, Jordi ^c   Kemp, William P ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lipid identification; Nest marking; Nest recognition; Olfactory cues; Osmia lignaria

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENTOMOLOGY; ESTER; EXPERIMENT; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HYDROCARBON; NEST; OLFACTORY CUE;

APOIDEA; OSMIA LIGNARIA;

EID: 33646512603     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2005.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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