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Oecologia

Title:		Chiral escape of bark beetles from predators responding to a bark beetle pheromone
Author(s):		Raffa KF; Klepzig KD;
Address:		"Department of Entomology, 345 Russell Laboratories, University of Wisconsin, 53706, Madison, WI, USA"
Journal Title:		Oecologia
Year:		1989
Volume:		80
Issue:		4
Page Number:		566 - 569
DOI:		10.1007/BF00380083
ISSN/ISBN:		1432-1939 (Electronic) 0029-8549 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Two species of predatory beetles that locate their prey, Ips pini, by responding to its aggregation pheromone have different chiral preferences to ispdienol than does the herbivore. This suggests that chiral disparity may provide some escape for bark beetles from predation, and that geographic variation in herbivore communication systems may be partially due to predator - imposed selection pressures. These results also suggest ways in which the semiochemical and biological control of North America's most damaging group of forest insects can be improved"
Keywords:		Chirality Coevolution Kairomones Pheromones Predation Scolytidae;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINERaffa, Kenneth F Klepzig, Kier D eng Germany 1989/09/01 Oecologia. 1989 Sep; 80(4):566-569. doi: 10.1007/BF00380083"