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Immature males of Aleochara curtula avoid intrasexual aggressions by producing the female sex pheromone

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Supported by grants of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Pe 231/4-1 and SFB 4/B5). The skillful technical assistance of Mrs. C. Gantert is gratefully acknowledged. I thank Prof. Dr. M. Metzler for help with the chemical analysis and Prof. Dr. D. Fuldner for valuable discussion of ecological data.

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Peschke, K. Immature males of Aleochara curtula avoid intrasexual aggressions by producing the female sex pheromone. Naturwissenschaften 72, 274–275 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00448692

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