Attraction of the southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis, to pheromone components of the western pine beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), in an allopatric zone

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-78

  Pureswaran, Deepa S ^a,b   Hofstetter, Richard W ^c   Sullivan, Brian T ^d  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exo brevicomin; Interspecific communication; Pheromones; Reproductive isolation; Trapping

Indexed keywords

BREVICOMIN; FRONTALIN; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; PHEROMONE; SOLVENT; TURPENTINE;

ALLOPATRY; BEETLE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SYMPATRY; TRAPPING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; MISSISSIPPI; PHEROMONES; SOLVENTS; TURPENTINE; WEEVILS;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DENDROCTONUS BREVICOMIS; DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS; HYLASTES; SCOLYTINAE; THANASIMUS DUBIUS;

EID: 39749150401     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[70:AOTSPB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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