Male dominant/subordinate relationships, cuticular profiles and sex pheromone in Nauphoeta cinerea (Dictyoptera, Blaberidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 277-287

  Everaerts, C ^a   Fenaux Benderitter, F ^a   Farine, J P ^a   Brossut, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Cuticular profiles; Dominance; Nauphoeta cinerea; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

COCKROACH; MALE-MALE COMPETITION; RECOGNITION CUE; SEX PHEROMONE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR;

BLABERIDAE; DICTYOPTERA; NAUPHOETA CINEREA;

EID: 0030752816     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050048     Document Type: Article

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