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Fabr£, Jean-Henri

Fabre, Jean-Henri. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles. Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London. 1919. [Pg.487]

Jean-Henri Fabre Discovered insect pheromones... [Pg.53]

In Jean-Henri Fabre The Glow-Worm and other Beetles (p. 234)... [Pg.337]

When an individual animal or plant secretes a substance that is detected by an individual of the same species and induces a specific reaction, the substance is said to be a pheromone [a term derived from the Greek pherein (to transfer) and hormon (to excite)]. The first report of such chemical communication was by the French naturahst Jean-Henri Fabre (Biographic Photo 4.1), who observed the attraction of male great peacock or emperor moths to a caged female (see Sidebar 4.A). Pheromones have been associated mainly with various aspects of sexual attraction and reproduction, but also... [Pg.94]

BIOGRAPHIC PHOTO 4.1. Jean-Henri Fabre. (Public-domain photograph obtained form the Library of Congress.)... [Pg.94]

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