Homosexual interactions in bed bugs: alarm pheromones as male recognition signals

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1471-1475

  Ryne, Camilla ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

alarm pheromone; bed bug; Cimex lectularius; Cimicidae; sex recognition

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; INSECT; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; LONGEVITY; MATE LOCATION; PHEROMONE; RECOGNITION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

CIMEX; CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CIMICIDAE;

EID: 70649105461     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.09.033     Document Type: Article

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