Temperature affects interaction of visual and vibrational cues in parasitoid host location

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-231

  Kroder, Stefan ^a   Samietz, Jörg ^a,b   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Research Station for Fruit Growing Viticulture and Horticulture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Host location; Multisensory orientation; Parasitoid; Temperature; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECHOLOCATION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION; VISION; WASP;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; ORIENTATION; OVIPOSITION; TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WASPS;

EID: 33846563849     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0181-y     Document Type: Article

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