Preimaginal learning determines adult response to chemical stimuli in a parasitic wasp

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1533, 2003, Pages 2623-2629

  Gandolfi, Michela ^a   Mattiacci, Letizia ^a   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cydia pomonella; Hyssopus pallidus; Insect; Memory; Parasitoid; Preimaginal learning

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; LEARNING; PARASITOID; WASP;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HABITUATION; HYSSOPUS PALLIDUS; INSECT; LARVAL STAGE; LEARNING; MEMORY; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SMELLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WASP;

ANIMALIA; CYDIA; CYDIA POMONELLA; EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; HYSSOPUS PALLIDUS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; TORTRICIDAE; VESPIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 0346461684     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2541     Document Type: Article

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