Manoeuvres of female Brachymeria intermedia flying towards host-related odours in a wind tunnel

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 344-356

  Kerguelen, V ^a   Carde R T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemotaxis; Casting; Conditioning; Foraging; Orientation; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT BEHAVIOUR; ODOUR PLUME; UPWIND FLIGHT; WIND TUNNEL;

BRACHYMERIA; BRACHYMERIA INTERMEDIA; CHALCIDIDAE; HY,ENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE;

EID: 0031434805     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1997.tb01179.x     Document Type: Article

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