Floral scent variation in two Antirrhinum majus subspecies influences the choice of naïve bumblebees

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1015-1027

  Suchet, Claire ^a,d   Dormont, Laurent ^b   Schatz, Bertrand ^b   Giurfa, Martin ^c   Simon, Valérie ^d   Raynaud, Christine ^d   Chave, Jérôme ^a  

^a École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Antirrhinum majus; Bombus terrestris; Bumblebee; Flower scent; Olfactory preference; Snapdragon

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; BEE; COLOR; FLOWER VISITING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLFACTORY CUE; SCENT MARKING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WILD POPULATION;

ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79954988497     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1106-x     Document Type: Article

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