The Predatory Mite Phytoseiulus persimilis Does Not Perceive Odor Mixtures As Strictly Elemental Objects

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1211-1225

  van Wijk, Michiel ^a   de Bruijn, Paulien J A ^a   Sabelis, Maurice W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Binary mixture; Herbivore induced plant volatiles; Learning; Mite; Odor mixtures; Olfaction; Synthetic odor perception

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEAF; LEARNING; MITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLFACTORY CUE; PERCEPTION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY LOCATION; PREY PREFERENCE; VISION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; MITE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TETRANYCHIDAE; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MITES; ODORS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TETRANYCHIDAE; VOLATILIZATION;

ACARI; ARANEAE; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 78449301099     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9858-3     Document Type: Article

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