The trail pheromone of a stingless bee, Trigona corvina (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini), varies between populations

Chemical Senses

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 593-601

  Jarau, Stefan ^a   Dambacher, Jochen ^a   Twele, Robert ^b   Aguilar, Ingrid ^c   Francke, Wittko ^b   Ayasse, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Esters; GC EAD; Labial gland secretions; Nestmate recruitment; Social bees

Indexed keywords

ESTER; LABIAL GLAND EXTRACT; MANDIBULAR GLAND EXTRACT; PHEROMONE; TERPENE; TISSUE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPETITION; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYMENOPTERA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; STINGLESS BEE; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TRIGONA CORVINA;

ANIMALS; BEES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; PHEROMONES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; TRIGONA CORVINA;

EID: 77955876099     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjq057     Document Type: Article

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