Specificity and redundancy in the olfactory system of the bark beetle Ips typographus: Single-cell responses to ecologically relevant odors

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 556-567

  Andersson, Martin N ^a   Larsson, Mattias C ^a   Schlyter, Fredrik ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Host selection; Non host volatiles; Odor coding; Olfactory receptor neuron; Single sensillum recordings

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

BEETLE; CYTOLOGY; HOST SELECTION; ODOR; OLFACTION; OLFACTORY CUE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRUCE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; ECOSYSTEM; ODORS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PHEROMONES; PICEA; SMELL;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA VIRUS; HEXAPODA; IPS; IPS TYPOGRAPHUS; PICEA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 67349147087     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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