Courtship behavior in relation to the female sex pheromone in the parasitoid, Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1946-1959

  McClure, Melanie ^a   Whistlecraft, Jay ^b   McNeil, Jeremy N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aphidius ervi; Mating; Parasitoid; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

BIOASSAY; COURTSHIP; FIELDWORK; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; PARASITOID; SEX PHEROMONE; WASP;

AGING; ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLYING; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGING; ANIMALS; APHIDS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS ERVI; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 35348927525     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9355-5     Document Type: Article

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