Winging it: Moth flight behavior and responses of olfactory neurons are shaped by pheromone plume dynamics

Chemical Senses

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-166

  Vickers, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Lepidoptera; Neuroethology; Odor plume; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLYING; MOTH; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MOTHS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PHEROMONES; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SMELL;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 32544454721     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjj011     Document Type: Article

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