Daily activity patterns of visits by males of four species of eulaema (Apidae: Euglossina) to odor baits in a tropical forest fragment in bahia, brasil

Zoologia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 204-212

  Melo, Pedro N ^a   Gimenes, Miriam ^b   Neto, Antonio Oliveira ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO SALVADOR   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eulaema; Odor baits; Ombrophylous forest; Orchid bees

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; EUGLOSSINI; EULAEMA; EULAEMA BOMBIFORMIS; EULAEMA CINGULATA; EULAEMA NIGRITA;

EID: 79954561638     PISSN: 19844670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1984-46702009000200002     Document Type: Article

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