Parasitoids Modify Their Oviposition Behavior According to the Sexual Origin of Conspecific Cuticular Hydrocarbon Traces

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1092-1100

  Darrouzet, Eric ^a   Lebreton, Sébastien ^a   Gouix, Nicolas ^a   Wipf, Aurore ^a   Bagnères, Anne Geneviève ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial seeds; Eupelmidae; Eupelmus vuilleti; Hymenoptera; Offspring sex ratio

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

CONSPECIFIC; CUTICLE; EGG; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; HYDROCARBON; INSECT; OVIPOSITION; SEED; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PARASITES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EUPELMIDAE; EUPELMUS VUILLETI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 77957959683     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9845-8     Document Type: Article

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