The effect of decoupling olfactory and visual stimuli on the foraging behavior of Manduca sexta

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1398-1405

  Goyret, Joaquín ^a   Markwell, Poppy M ^b   Raguso, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawkmoth; Olfactory stimulus; Sensory stimulus; Spatial pattern; Temporal decoupling; Temporal pattern

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEPIDOPTERA; ODOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MANDUCA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SMELL; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 34248512852     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02752     Document Type: Article

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