The odour makes the difference: Male moths attracted by sex pheromones ignore the threat by predatory bats

Oikos

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-97

  Svensson, Glenn P ^a,b   Löfstedt, Christer ^a   Skals, Niels ^a,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; MOTH; ODOR; PHEROMONE; PREDATION RISK;

AGROTIS; AGROTIS SEGETUM; ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0942278775     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12517.x     Document Type: Article

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