Divergence of streamlines approaching a pectinate insect antenna: Consequences for chemoreception

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Loudon, Catherine ^a   Davis, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna; Chemoreception; Flow; Insect; Pheromone; Pheromone plume; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

AIRFLOW; ANTENNA; CHEMORECEPTION; DIVERGENCE; PHEROMONE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; DECELERATION; HAIR; INSECT; LIQUID; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PREDICTION; SENSE ORGAN; STIMULUS;

AIR MOVEMENTS; ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; INSECTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ODORS; SENSE ORGANS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

INSECTA;

EID: 13844276904     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-0969-1     Document Type: Article

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