The defensive secretion of Eurycotis floridana (Dictyoptera, Blattidae, Polyzosteriinae): Chemical identification and evidence of an alarm function

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 577-586

  Farine, Jean Pierre ^a   Everaerts, Claude ^a   Le Quere, Jean Luc ^b   Semons, Etienne ^b   Henry, Robert ^c   Brossut, Remy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Alarm; Blattidae; Defence; Dictyoptera; Eurycotis floridana; Exocrine glands; Pheromones

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COCKROACH; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; STRESS;

EURYCOTIS FLORIDANA;

EID: 0030847773     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00033-7     Document Type: Article

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