The importance of odor in nest site selection by a lodger bee, Centris bicornuta mocsáry (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the dry forest of Costa Rica

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-180

  Vinson, S Bradleigh ^a   Frankie, G W ^b   Rao, A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nest initiation; Nesting site location; Provision odor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; NESTING; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

ANIMALS; BEES; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; ODORS; TREES;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; CENTRIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 79957751497     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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