Directional control by male gypsy moths of upwind flight along a pheromone plume in three wind speeds

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

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-35

  Zanen, P O ^a,b   Carde R T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect attraction; Plume; Sex pheromone; Visual orientation; Wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033041774     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050303     Document Type: Article

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