Costs of female odour in males of the parasitic wasp Lariophagus distinguendus (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 547-552

  Ruther, Joachim ^a   Steiner, Sven ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Courtship pheromone; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Lariophagus distinguendus; Parasitic wasps; Pheromone evolution; Pteromalidae

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; SEX PHEROMONE;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COURTSHIP; CUTICLE; EVOLUTION; HYDROCARBON; MALE BEHAVIOR; ODOR; PARASITE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX PHEROMONE; WASP;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WASP;

AGING; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; LARVA; MALE; ODORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; WASPS;

ANIMALIA; HYMENOPTERA; LARIOPHAGUS DISTINGUENDUS; PTEROMALIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 44149110870     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0357-0     Document Type: Article

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