An Olfactory Shift Is Associated with Male Perfume Differentiation and Species Divergence in Orchid Bees

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 1844-1848

  Eltz, Thomas ^a   Zimmermann, Yvonne ^a   Pfeiffer, Carolin ^a   Pech, Jorge Ramirez ^c   Twele, Robert ^b   Francke, Wittko ^b   Quezada Euan, J Javier G ^c   Lunau, Klaus ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

BENZALDEHYDE; BENZALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; PERFUME; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEXICO; ODOR; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZALDEHYDES; MALE; MEXICO; ORCHIDACEAE; PERFUME; PHEROMONES; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EUGLOSSA; EUGLOSSINI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 57049181408     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.10.049     Document Type: Article

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