Three-dimensional characterization of the wind-borne pheromone tracking behavior of male hawkmoths, Manduca sexta

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-54

  Rutkowski, Adam J ^a   Quinn, Roger D ^a   Willis, Mark A ^b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Flight orientation; Manduca sexta; Odor tracking; Olfaction; Vision

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FLYING; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ODOR; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WIND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MANDUCA; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; PHEROMONES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; WIND;

EID: 58649122680     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0380-9     Document Type: Article

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