Air sampling of its pheromone to monitor the occurence of Osmoderma eremita, a threatened beetle inhabiting hollow trees

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 189-198

  Svensson, Glenn P ^a   Larsson, Mattias C ^b   Hedin, Jonas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Conservation; Osmoderma eremita; Pheromone; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; BEETLE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHEROMONE; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

COLEOPTERA; OSMODERMA; OSMODERMA EREMITA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 1842449565     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JICO.0000020896.71333.f6     Document Type: Article

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