Specialist Bombus vestalis and generalist Bombus bohemicus use different odour cues to find their host Bombus terrestris

Cuckoo bumblebees (subgenus Psithyrus) are social parasites in colonies of their host bumblebee species ( Bombus). In spring, parasitic females awaken from hibernation and start searching for established host nests. Some Psithyrus species are specialized on one host species, whereas generalists para...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Animal behaviour 2010-08, Vol.80 (2), p.297-302
Hauptverfasser:	Kreuter, Kirsten, Twele, Robert, Francke, Wittko, Ayasse, Manfred
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal behavior Animal cognition Animal communication Animal ethology Bees Biological and medical sciences Bombus terrestris chemical analysis Chemical stimuli Comparative analysis cuckoo bumblebee ester footprint cue fractionation Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology generalist host nest recognition hydrocarbon Nonnative species Odors odour composition Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry specialist
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