In the Nick of Time: Males of the Parasitoid Wasp Pimpla disparis Respond to Semiochemicals from Emerging Mates

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 253-261

  Hrabar, Michael ^a   Danci, Adela ^a   Schaefer, Paul W ^b   Gries, Gerhard ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrestment behaviour; Early mate detection; Mate discrimination; Mating strategy; Pheromone evolution; Pimpla disparis

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ATTRACTANT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEMIOCHEMICAL; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; MOTHS; PHEROMONES; PUPA; WASPS;

HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; PIMPLA;

EID: 84858753988     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0079-9     Document Type: Article

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