The physiology of an olfactory sensillum of the termite Schedorhinotermes lamanianus: Carbon dioxide as a modulator of olfactory sensitivity

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 123-133

  Ziesmann, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Isoptera; Mixture interaction; Olfaction; Response spectra

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; SCHEDORHINOTERMES; SCHEDORHINOTERMES LAMANIANUS;

EID: 0029830120     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00193440     Document Type: Article

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