Infochemicals mediating the foraging behaviour of Aleochara bilineata gyllenhal adults: Sources of attractants

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-205

  Royer, Lucie ^a,b   Boivin, Guy ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aleochara bilineata; Cabbage maggot; Coleoptera; Delia radicum; Frass; Host plant complex; Infochemical; Integument; Kairomone; Predator foraging behaviour; Staphylinidae

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BEETLE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTORY CUE;

ALEOCHARA BILINEATA; ANTHOMYIIDAE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPOBRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; COLEOPTERA; DELIA RADICUM; DIPTERA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 0032939887     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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