Ecological, behavioral, and biochemical aspects of insect hydrocarbons

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2005, Pages 371-393

  Howard, Ralph W ^a   Blomquist, Gary J ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral ecology; Biosynthesis; Chemical ecology; Cuticular lipids; Social insects

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; INSECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HYDROCARBONS; INSECTS; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 12744268276     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.50.071803.130359     Document Type: Review

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