Cuticular hydrocarbons of termites of the British Virgin Islands

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 927-964

  Haverty, Michael I ^a   Collins, Margaret S ^b   Nelson, Lori J ^a   Thorne, Barbara L ^c  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean termites; Chemotaxonomy; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Gas chromatography; Isoptera; Mass spectrometry; Methylalkanes; Olefins; Tropical termites; Virgin Islands

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOTERMES BREVIS; DOMINGOA HAEMATOCHILA; HETEROTERMES; INCISITERMES; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE; NASUTITERMES ACAJUTLAE; NASUTITERMES COSTALIS; NEOTERMES MONA; PARVITERMES; PARVITERMES WOLCOTTI; PROCRYPTOTERMES CORNICEPS; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0030982292     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006381.75185.86     Document Type: Article

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