Comparison of age-dependent quantitative changes in the male labial gland secretion of Bombus Terrestris and Bombus Lucorum

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 698-705

  Žáček, Petr ^a,b   Kalinová, Blanka ^a   Šobotník, Jan ^a   Hovorka, Oldřich ^a   Ptáček, Vladimír ^c   Coppée, Audrey ^d   Verheggen, François ^e   Valterová, Irena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bombus lucorum; Bombus terrestris; Bumblebee; GC EAD; Labial gland; Male marking pheromone; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYTOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MALE BEHAVIOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUEEN; SECRETION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BOMBUS LUCORUM; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

SEX PHEROMONE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXOCRINE GLAND; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

EID: 70349256259     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9650-4     Document Type: Article

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