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An Insect Olfactometer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. H. Wright
R. H. Wright
Affiliation:
British Columbia Research Council, Vancouver 8, British Columbia
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Abstract

An olfactometer is described in which an attractive zone is established and maintained in a precisely determined location on the floor (or wall) of an observation chamber and also in the air adjacent to it. Insects must therefore manifest their normal behavior in finding their way to it. The attenuation of the attraction by "background odors" can be studied quantitatively.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 98 , Issue 3 , March 1966 , pp. 282 - 285
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1966

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