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AN OLFACTOMETER FOR THE BIO-ASSAY OF ATTRACTANTS FOR SCOLYTIDS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Henry A. Moeck
Henry A. Moeck
Affiliation:
Forest Products Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Vancouver, British Columbia
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Abstract

An olfactometer is described for determining the responses of individual pedestrian beetles to attractants. The main features are a covered runway, a general air flow containing a well-defined narrow odor stream, and an on–off control of odor flow.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 102 , Issue 7 , July 1970 , pp. 792 - 796
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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