Observations on the flight paths of the day-flying moth Virbia lamae during periods of mate location: Do males have a strategy for contacting the pheromone plume?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 268-276

  Cardé, Ring T ^a   Cardé, Anja M ^a   Girling, Robbie D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anemotaxis; Appetitive; Correlated random walk; Foraging; L vy walk; Odour plume; Optimal strategy; Orientation; Virbia lamae

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

FLIGHT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATE LOCATION; MOTH; ODOR; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONE; PROBABILITY; RANDOM WALK METHOD; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FORCING;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING; WIND;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MAINE; MALE; MOTHS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WIND;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 83155180567     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01887.x     Document Type: Article

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