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Chemo-orientation in Walking Insects

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Chemical Ecology of Insects

Abstract

This section on walking insects, together with the following on flying insects, defines and illustrates mechanisms by which insects utilize chemical information available to them for purposes of locating mates, food and other resources or for avoiding repellents or stress sources. This discussion follows Städler, Chapter 1, and Mustaparta, Chapter 2 on the acquisition and processing of chemical information through peripheral receptors and the central nervous system, Elkinton and Cardé, Chapter 3, on airborne dispersal of chemicals, and is an introduction to the remaining chapters in this volume on ecological implications of resource localization and stress avoidance.

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  1. Department of Entomology and Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, University of Kansas, 66045, Lawrence, Kansas, USA

    William J. Bell (Professor of Entomology) (Professor of Entomology)

  2. Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, 01003, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

    Ring T. Cardé (Professor of Entomology) (Professor of Entomology)

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Bell, W.J. (1984). Chemo-orientation in Walking Insects. In: Bell, W.J., Cardé, R.T. (eds) Chemical Ecology of Insects. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3368-3_4

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