Qualitative and quantitative differences in cuticular hydrocarbons between laboratory and field colonies of Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 349-358

  Tissot, Madeleine ^a   Nelson, Dennis R ^b   Gordon, Deborah M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuticular lipids; Harvester ants; Mass spectrometry; Methyl branched hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; METHYL GROUP;

ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; LABORATORY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

FORMICIDAE; POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS;

EID: 0034807566     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(01)00436-5     Document Type: Article

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