Behaviour and chemical signature of pre-hibernating females of Polistes dominulus infected by the strepsipteran Xenos vesparum

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 545-552

  Dapporto, L ^a   Cini, A ^a   Palagi, E ^a   Morelli, M ^a   Simonti, A ^a   Turillazzi, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Hibernation; Polistes dominulus; Xenos vesparum

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIBERNATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; WASP; WINTER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECTS; MALE;

HEXAPODA; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; STREPSIPTERA; XENOS; XENOS VESPARUM;

EID: 33847349371     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006001739     Document Type: Article

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