Cuticular hydrocarbons of termites of the Hawaiian Islands

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1167-1191

  Haverty, Michael I ^a   Woodrow, R Joseph ^b   Nelson, Lori J ^a   Grace, J Kenneth ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomy; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Gas chromatography; Hawaiian Islands; Isoptera; Mass spectrometry; Methylalkanes; Olefins; Pacific termites; Tropical termites

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

CUTICLE; HYDROCARBON; TERMITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INSECT; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; COPTOTERMES VASTATOR; CRYPTOTERMES BREVIS; CRYPTOTERMES CYNOCEPHALUS; INCISITERMES IMMIGRANS; INCISITERMES MINOR; NEOTERMES CONNEXUS; ZOOTERMOPSIS ANGUSTICOLLIS;

EID: 0034115790     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005479826651     Document Type: Article

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