Cuticular hydrocarbons and wax esters of the ectoparasitoid Habrobracon hebetor: Ontogenetic, reproductive, and nutritional effects

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-18

  Howard, Ralph W ^a   Baker, James E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical ecology; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Gender recognition; Mass spectrometry; Wax esters

Indexed keywords

HABROBRACON HEBETOR; LEPIDOPTERA;

ESTER; HYDROCARBON; WAX;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WASP;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ESTERS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; WASPS; WAXES;

EID: 0037637514     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.10078     Document Type: Article

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