Navigational strategies used by insects to find distant, wind-borne sources of odor

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 854-866

  Cardé, Ring T ^a   Willis, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Host odor; Moth; Odor dispersion; Optomotor anemotaxis; Orientation; Pheromone; Tsetse fly

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; LOCOMOTION; MOTH; MOVEMENT; ODOR; PHEROMONE; SURVIVAL; TRACKING; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMAL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; INSECT; ODOR; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; WIND;

ANIMALS; INSECTS; ODORS; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; WIND;

GLOSSINA (GENUS); HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 46949102290     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-008-9484-5     Document Type: Review

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