Phenotypic plasticity of Rhyzopertha dominica pheromone signaling: The effects of different hosts and presence of conspecific females on male produced aggregation pheromone

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 945-959

  Bashir, T ^a   Hodges, R J ^a   Birkinshaw, L A ^a   Hall, D R ^a   Farman, D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation pheromone; Bostrichidae; Coleoptera; Conspecific effect; Dominicalure 1; Dominicalure 2; Host effect; Phenotypic plasticity; Rhyzopertha dominica; Signal modification

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION PHEROMONE; DOMINICALURE 1; DOMINICALURE 2; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGREGATION PHEROMONE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SIGNALING;

ARTICLE; COLEOPTERA; FEMALE; GRAIN; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAIZE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA; SEED KERNEL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHEROMONES; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ZEA MAYS;

ARACHNIDA; BOSTRICHIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037387666     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022940018168     Document Type: Article

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