Density dependence of the alarm pheromone effect in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-50

  Kunert, Grit ^a,b   Trautsch, Janett ^a   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Alarm pheromone; Aphid wing polyphenism; Aphididae; Density effects; Population dynamics; Predator prey interactions; Wing induction

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; APHID; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; METAPOPULATION; PHEROMONE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; PISUM SATIVUM; STERNORRHYNCHA;

EID: 33846089892     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2007.007     Document Type: Article

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