Plasticity of male response to sex pheromone depends on physiological state in a long-lived moth

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 663-672

  Evenden, Maya L ^a   Gries, Regine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caloptilia fraxinella; communication; Gracillariidae; Lepidoptera; mate finding; pheromone; signal

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DIAPAUSE; MATE CHOICE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMALIA; CALOPTILIA FRAXINELLA; GRACILLARIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 38649114377     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.020     Document Type: Article

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