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Responses to Pheromones in a Complex Odor World: Sensory Processing and Behavior.
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Insects (2075-4450) . Jun2014, Vol. 5 Issue 2, p399-422. 24p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Insects communicating with pheromones, be it sex- or aggregation pheromones, are confronted with an olfactory environment rich in a diversity of volatile organic compounds of which plants are the main releaser. Certain of these volatiles can represent behaviorally relevant information, such as indications about host- or non-host plants; others will provide essentially a rich odor background out of which the behaviorally relevant information needs to be extracted. In an attempt to disentangle mechanisms of pheromone communication in a rich olfactory environment, which might underlie interactions between intraspecific signals and a background, we will summarize recent literature on pheromone/plant volatile interactions. Starting from molecular mechanisms, describing the peripheral detection and central nervous integration of pheromone-plant volatile mixtures, we will end with behavioral output in response to such mixtures and its plasticity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20754450
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Insects (2075-4450)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 96843128
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/insects5020399