Nuptial feeding stimulants: A male courtship pheromone of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 193-196

  Nojima, S ^a   Nishida, R ^a   Kuwahara, Y ^a   Sakuma, M ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; COURTSHIP; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 0032900565     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050596     Document Type: Article

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