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Pheromones (Ectohormones) in Insects
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With a growing world population and increasingly demanding consumers, the production of sufficient protein from livestock, poultry, and fish represents a serious challenge for the future. Approximately 1,900 insect species are eaten worldwide, mainly in ...Read More
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“It is clear in the original description, and in a later more extensive review of examples (Karlson and Butenandt, 1959), that this was to be real communication, beneficial to the sender and, by implication, to the receiver.”
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- Authors
- Karlson, P., & Butenandt, A.
- Venue
- Annual Review of Entomology
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 1959-01
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 39-58
- ISSN
- 0066-4170 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-4487
- OpenAlex
- W2097523812
- Cited by
- 362
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 40.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annual Review of Entomology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect Pheromone Research and Control
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Keywords
- insect pheromones, ecdysteroids, insect hormones, insect development, insect reproduction, insect growth regulation
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