Differential adsorption of allospecific hydrocarbons by the cuticles of two termite species, Reticulitermes santonensis and R. lucifugus grassei, Living in a mixed colony

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-66

  Vauchot, Blandine ^a,b   Provost, Eric ^b   Bagneres, Anne Genevieve ^b   Riviere, Germaine ^b   Roux, Maurice ^c   Clement, Jean Luc ^b  

^a Ctr Tech Bois et de l'Ameublement   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Artificially mixed colonies; Chemical signature; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Reticulitermes l. grassei; Reticulitermes santonensis; Termites

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ADSORPTION; ALLOIMMUNITY; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTAMINATION; CUTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

INSECTA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES GRASSEI; RETICULITERMES LUCIFUGUS; RETICULITERMES SANTONENSIS;

EID: 0031933555     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(97)00104-2     Document Type: Article

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