Contact recognition pheromones in spiders and scorpions

Insect Hydrocarbons Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemical Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 344-374

  Trabalon, Marie ^a   Bagnères, Anne Geneviève ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511711909.017     Document Type: Chapter

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