Mixed colonies of two species of congeneric stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apinae, Meliponini) display environmentally-acquired and endogenously-produced recognition signals

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-80

  Septanil, Moema P B ^a   Mateus, Sidnei ^a   Turatti, Izabel C ^a   Nunes, Túlio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alkenes; Chemical ecology; Dienes; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Hydrocarbon; Nestmate recognition

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; BEE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; COLONY STRUCTURE; CONSPECIFIC; CUTICLE; ENDOGENOUS CUE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; RELATEDNESS; SIGNALING; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; PLEBEIA DRORYANA; PLEBEIA REMOTA;

EID: 84857407299     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2011.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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