Age-dependent attractivity of males' sexual pheromones in Bombus terrestris (L.) [Hymenoptera, Apidae]

Chemoecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-82

  Coppée, Audrey ^a,d   Mathy, Tifany ^a   Cammaerts, Marie Claire ^b   Verheggen, François J ^c   Terzo, Michael ^a   Iserbyt, Stéphanie ^a   Valterová, Irena ^d   Rasmont, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Age dependent variations; Behavioural tests; Bombus terrestris; Sexual pheromones

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 79954619884     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-011-0070-x     Document Type: Article

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