Chemical and behavioral ecology of palm weevils (Curculionidae: Rhynchophorinae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-167

  Giblin Davis, R M ^a   Oehlschlager, A C ^b   Perez, A ^b   Gries, G ^b   Gries, R ^b   Weissling, T J ^a   Chinchilla, C M ^c   Pena J E ^d   Hallett, R H ^b   Pierce Jr , H D ^b   Gonzalez, L M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ASD Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e ChemTica Internacional   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Aggregation pheromones; behavior; Bursaphelenchus cocophilus; chemical ecology; Dynamis borassi; kairomones; Metamasius hemipterus; nematode; Paramasius distortus; red ring nematode; Rhabdoscelus obscurus; Rhynchophorus spp

Indexed keywords

BURSAPHELENCHUS; CURCULIONIDAE; DRYOPHTHORINAE; DYNAMIS BORASSI; METAMASIUS HEMIPTERUS; RHABDOSCELUS OBSCURUS; RHYNCHOPHORUS; RHYNCHOPHORUS CRUENTATUS; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS; RHYNCHOPHORUS PALMARUM; RHYNCHOPHORUS PHOENICIS; RHYNCHOPHORUS VULNERATUS; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 10544229348     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495812     Document Type: Conference Paper

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