Ammonia attracts the haematophagous bug Triatoma infestans: Behavioural and neurophysiological data on nymphs

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

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-34

  Taneja, J ^a   Guerin, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Attraction; Electrophysiology; Olfaction; Triatoma infestans

Indexed keywords

TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

EID: 0030837789     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050089     Document Type: Article

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