Learning, odour preference and flower foraging in moths

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-94

  Cunningham, John Paul ^a   Moore, Chris J ^b   Zalucki, Myron P ^a   West, Stuart A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

pinene; Feeding; Insect; Lepidoptera; Phenylacetaldehyde; Preference; Volatiles; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALPHA-PINENE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PHENYLACETALDEHYDE; PINENE; TERPENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; LEARNING; MOTH; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; VOLATILIZATION;

ACETALDEHYDE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; LEARNING; MONOTERPENES; MOTHS; ODORS; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALIA; HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0346335986     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00733     Document Type: Article

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