Phoretic nest parasites use sexual deception to obtain transport to their host's nest

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 103, Issue 38, 2006, Pages 14039-14044

  Saul Gershenz, Leslie S ^a   Millar, Jocelyn G ^b  

^a Center for Ecosystem Survival   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive chemical mimicry; Cooperative behavior; Habropoda pallida; Meloe franciscanus; Phoresy

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEE; BEETLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL CUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABROPODA PALLIDA; LARVA; MALE; MATING; MELOE FRANCISCANUS; NONHUMAN; PHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; BEETLES; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; MALE; PARASITES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HABROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; MELOE; MELOIDAE;

EID: 33749014642     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0603901103     Document Type: Article

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