Behavioral and evolutionary roles of cuticular hydrocarbons in diptera

Insect Hydrocarbons Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemical Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 325-343

  Ferveur, Jean François ^a   Cobb, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511711909.016     Document Type: Chapter

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