Synergy in information use for mate finding: Demonstration in a parasitoid wasp

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1307-1315

  Metzger, Marie ^a   Fischbein, Deborah ^b   Auguste, Alexandra ^c   Fauvergue, Xavier ^c   Bernstein, Carlos ^a   Desouhant, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Cue; Mating system; Parasitoid; Sex pheromone; Signal; Venturia canescens; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MARSUPIAL; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; NATAL DISPERSAL; OLFACTORY CUE; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX PHEROMONE; WASP;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; VENTURIA CANESCENS;

EID: 78149430382     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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