Deuterium marking of chemical emissions: Detectability and fitness consequences of a novel technique for insect behavioural studies

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-296

  Goubault, Marlène ^a   Hardy, Ian C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bethylidae; Chemical marking; Goniozus legneri; Hymenoptera; Parasitoid; Real time mass spectrometry; Volatile emissions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; DEUTERIUM; FITNESS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LARVA; MARKING METHOD; PARASITOID; WASP;

BETHYLIDAE; GONIOZUS LEGNERI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 36348945225     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00629.x     Document Type: Article

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