A female-emitted pheromone component is associated with reduced male courtship in the parasitoid wasp Spalangia endius

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Mowles, Sophie L ^a   King, Bethia H ^b   Linforth, Robert S T ^a   Hardy, Ian C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; WASPS;

EID: 84894264633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082010     Document Type: Article

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