Methyl 3-chloro-4-methoxybenzoate, a new candidate semiochemical inhibiting copulation behaviour of Ixodes ricinus (L.) males

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 276-282

  Bouman, E A P ^a   Dusbabek F ^a   Simek P ^b   Zahradniekova H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Copulation; Inhibition; Ixodes ricinus; Methyl 3 chloro 4 methoxybenzoate; Prostriata

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; COPULATION; INHIBITION; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEMIOCHEMICAL;

ACARI; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0346305980     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2003.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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