A male sex pheromone in a scorpionfly

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1249-1256

  Kock, Dagmar ^a   Ruther, Joachim ^b   Sauer, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

(2E,6Z) Nona 2,6 dienal; (E) Non 2 enal; Female mate choice; Male pheromone; Mecoptera; Panorpa germanica; Scorpionflies; Sex attraction

Indexed keywords

2 NONENAL; 2,6 NONADIENAL; 2,6-NONADIENAL; 2-NONENAL; ALDEHYDE; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALDEHYDE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CONSPECIFIC; INSECT; MALE; MATE CHOICE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSECTS; MALE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

MECOPTERA; PANORPA GERMANICA; PANORPIDAE;

EID: 34249707775     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9304-3     Document Type: Article

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