Chemical communication in heliothine moths. VII. Correlation between diminished responses to point-source plumes and single filaments similarly tainted with a behavioral antagonist

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

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 523-536

  Vickers, Neil J ^b   Baker, Thomas C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight; Heliothis virescens; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030973727     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050069     Document Type: Article

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