Male territorial behaviour of the endemic large carpenter bee, Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) ogasawarensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae), on the oceanic Ogasawara Islands

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-157

  Sugiura, Shinji ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apidae; Flower based territoriality; Flower visiting behaviour; Hymenoptera; Interference; Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) ogasawarensis

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLOWER VISITING; HOST PLANT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE BEHAVIOR; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ASIA; BONIN ISLANDS; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ASTERALES; GOODENIACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; KOPTORTOSOMA; SCAEVOLA SERICEA; XYLOCOPA (GENUS);

EID: 45749152181     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2008.021     Document Type: Article

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