Multiple behavioural asymmetries impact male mating success in the khapra beetle, Trogoderma granarium

Journal of Pest Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 901-909

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a   Romano, Donato ^b   Kavallieratos, Nickolas ^c   Conte, Giuseppe ^a   Stefanini, Cesare ^d   Mele, Marcello ^a   Athanassiou, Christos ^e   Canale, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brain laterality; Invasive species; Population level lateralization; Stored product pest

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BRAIN; INVASIVE SPECIES; MATING SUCCESS; PARAMETERIZATION; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION GROWTH;

COLEOPTERA; DERMESTIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; TROGODERMA GRANARIUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 85011266639     PISSN: 16124758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-017-0832-5     Document Type: Article

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