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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Effect of pheromone concentration on organization of preflight behaviors of the male gypsy moth,Lymantria dispar(L.)"
Author(s):		Hagaman TE; Carde RT;
Address:		"Department of Entomology and Pesticide Research Center, Michigan State University, 48824, East Lansing, Michigan"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1984
Volume:		10
Issue:		1
Page Number:		17 - 23
DOI:		10.1007/BF00987639
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Male gypsy moths (Lymantria dispar L.) in a wind tunnel at 24 degrees respond to decreasing dosages (1 mug to 0.1 pg) of (+)-cis-7,8-epoxy-2-methyloctadecane with a decrease in probability of wing-fanning, an increase in wing-fanning latency, and an increase in the number of behaviors (body jerks, antennal twitches, steps, and wing tremors) preceding fanning. Males initiating any behavior prior to wing-fanning had a 70% probability of wing-fanning and 97% of the males that wing-fanned eventually flew. The sequence of behaviors from quiescence to flight is not organized in a hierarchy, as this concept is used in ethology, nor is it dependent upon the concentration of pheromone. The time-average threshold concentration of pheromone for response of ca. 90% or more quiescent males is ca. 1.9 x 10(-17) g/cm(3) over < 0.3 min"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEHagaman, T E Carde, R T eng 1984/01/01 J Chem Ecol. 1984 Jan; 10(1):17-23. doi: 10.1007/BF00987639"