Foraging scent marks of bumblebees: Footprint cues rather than pheromone signals

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-153

  Wilms, Jessica ^a   Eltz, Thomas ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bees; Bombus terrestris; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Footprints; Olfaction; Repellent

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; PHEROMONE;

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEE; FOOTPRINT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTION; PHEROMONE; RECOGNITION; SCENT MARKING;

ACTIVE FEEDER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BUMBLEBEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; FOOT PAD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NECTAR; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PASSIVE FEEDER; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; CUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYDROCARBONS; ODORS; PHEROMONES; REWARD;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 38049006057     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0298-z     Document Type: Article

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