Effect of temperature on post-wintering development and total lipid content of alfalfa leafcutting bees

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 917-930

  O'Neill, Kevin M ^a   O'Neill, Ruth P ^a   Kemp, William P ^b   Delphia, Casey M ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

alfalfa leafcutting bee; lipids; Megachile rotundata; pollinators; thermal biology

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; APICULTURE; BEE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIPID; POLLINATOR; REARING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

APOIDEA; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 80051728760     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN10320     Document Type: Article

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