Behavioural switch in the sex pheromone response of Nasonia vitripennis females is linked to receptivity signalling

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1035-1040

  Ruther, Joachim ^a   Thal, Kathleen ^b   Blaul, Birgit ^a   Steiner, Sven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Courtship behaviour; Nasonia vitripennis; Olfactory plasticity; Parasitic wasp; Parasitoid; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; OLFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEX PHEROMONE; SIGNALING; WASP;

HEXAPODA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 78549257385     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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