Chemical ecology involved in invasion success of the cuckoo bumblebee Psithyrus vestalis and in survival of workers of its host Bombus terrestris

Chemoecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-62

  Sramkova, A ^a   Ayasse, M ^a  

^a Department of Experimental Ecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Chemical signature of host workers; Psithyrus vestalis; Social parasitic bumblebees; Survival rate of host workers and parasite females

Indexed keywords

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BOMBUS VESTALIS; PSITHYRUS;

EID: 62949199055     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-009-0009-7     Document Type: Article

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