Plasticity of olfactory-guided behaviour and its neurobiological basis: Lessons from moths and locusts

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Anton, Sylvia ^a,b   Dufour, Marie Cécile ^b   Gadenne, Christophe ^a,b  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

Author keywords

Intracellular recordings; Juvenile hormone; Lepidoptera; Mating; Maturation; Olfaction; Orthoptera; Plant odour; Reproduction; Sex pheromone; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HORMONE; JUVENILE; LOCUST; MATING BEHAVIOR; MATURATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OLFACTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEX PHEROMONE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WIND TUNNEL;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 33947159531     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00516.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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