Novel Insights into Pheromone-Mediated Communication in Parasitic Hymenopterans

Chemical Ecology of Insect Parasitoids

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 112-144

  Ruther, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical ecology; Parasitic hymenopterans; Parasitoid sex pheromones; Pheromone biosynthesis; Pheromone mediated communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887210721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118409589.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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