A role for pheromones inmate choice in a lekking sandfly

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 891-898

  Jones, Therésa M ^a,b   Hamilton, J G C ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLY; LEK; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; PHEROMONE;

DIPTERA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0031729130     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0857     Document Type: Article

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