Evidence for a sex pheromone in bark beetle parasitoid Roptrocerus xylophagorum

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1045-1063

  Sullivan, Brian T ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Parasitoid; Pteromalidae; Roptrocerus xylophagorum; Scolytidae; Semiochemicals; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; HEXANE; HYDROCARBON; METHANOL; SEX PHEROMONE;

CUTICLE; HYDROCARBON; PARASITOID; PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOASSAY; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; EXTRACT; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOID; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FEMALE; MALE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PTEROMALIDAE; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 0036091267     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015270003717     Document Type: Article

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