Pheromone-based arrestment behavior in the common silverfish, Lepisma saccharina, and giant silverfish, Ctenolepisma longicaudata

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1351-1358

  Woodbury, Nathan ^a   Gries, Gerhard ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Arrestment; Contact pheromone; Ctenolepisma longicaudata; Lepisma saccharina; Lepismatidae; Thermobia domestica; Thysanura; Zygentoma

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

AGGREGATION PHEROMONE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INSECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; PHEROMONES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CTENOLEPISMA LONGICAUDATA; HEXAPODA; LEPISMA SACCHARINA; LEPISMATIDAE; THERMOBIA DOMESTICA; THYSANURA;

EID: 34347405585     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9303-4     Document Type: Article

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