Odor perception in the bark beetle parasitoid Roptrocerus xylophagorum exposed to host associated volatiles

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2507-2525

  Pettersson, E M ^a   Sullivan, B T ^b   Anderson, P ^c   Berisford, C W ^d   Birgersson, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Bioassay; Dendroctonus frontalis; GC EAD; GC MS; Host location; Hymenoptera; Lps grandicollis; Oxygenated monoterpenes; Parasitoid; Pteromalidae; Roptrocerus xylophagorum; Scolytidae; Semiochemicals

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; HOST LOCATION; OLFACTORY CUE; PARASITOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOASSAY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTOMETER; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS; DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; IPS GRANDICOLLIS; IPS PINI; PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS TAEDA; PTEROMALIDAE; ROPTROCERUS; ROPTROCERUS XYLOPHAGORUM; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 0033674199     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005580528046     Document Type: Article

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