Social enviroment influences aphid production of alarm pheromone

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 283-288

  Verheggen, Franois J ^a   Haubruge, Eric ^a   De Moraes, Consuelo M ^b   Mescher, Mark C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(E) beta farnesene; Acyrthosiphon pisum; Alarm pheromone; Aphids; Myzus persicae; Pheromone production; Social environment

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; APHID; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSPECIFIC; FLY; NATURAL ENEMY; ODOR; PHEROMONE; TERPENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; MYZUS PERSICAE;

EID: 64949186070     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp009     Document Type: Article

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