Experimental evidence for three pheromone races of the scarab beetle Phyllophaga anxia (LeConte)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-214

  Robbins, Paul S ^a   Cash, Daniel B ^b   Linn Jr , Charles E ^a   Roelofs, Wendell L ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

L Isoleucine methyl ester; L Valine methyl ester; Melolonthinae; Pheromone races; Scarabaeidae; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ISOLEUCINE; ISOLEUCINE METHYL ESTER; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ALLOPATRY; BAIT; BEETLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PHEROMONE TRAP; SEX PHEROMONE; SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; ISOLEUCINE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW YORK; PHEROMONES; VALINE;

FRANKLINVILLE; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; MELOLONTHINAE; PHYLLOPHAGA ANXIA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 39149108791     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-008-9427-1     Document Type: Article

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