A comparison of volatiles in mandibular glands from three Crematogaster ant symbionts of the whistling thorn acacia

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 217-222

  Wood, William F ^a   Palmer, Todd M ^b,c   Stanton, Maureen L ^b,c  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia drepanolobium; Alarm pheromone; C. nigriceps; C. sjostedti; Crematogaster mimosae; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; Mandibular gland; Whistling thorn acacia

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLBUTYRIC ACID; 2 METHYLHEPTANOIC ACID; 2 METHYLVALERIC ACID; 2 PHENYLPROPENAL; 2 PYRROLIDINONE; 3 DECANONE; 3 METHYL 2 HEPTANOL; 3 METHYL 2 HEPTANONE; 3 METHYL 2 HEXANOL; 3 METHYL 2 PENTANOL; 3 METHYL 2 PENTANONE; 3 NONANOL; 3 OCTANONE; 6 METHYL 3 OCTANOL; ACETALDEHYDE; ACROLEIN DERIVATIVE; BUTYRIC ACID; DICHLOROMETHANE; GLYCEROL; HEXANOL; ISOVALERIC ACID; NONANAL; OCTANE; OCTANOL; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; PHENYLACETALDEHYDE; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACACIA; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CREMATOGASTER MIMOSAE; CREMATOGASTER NIGRICEPS; CREMATOGASTER SJOSTEDTI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SYMBIONT;

ACACIA; ACACIA DREPANOLOBIUM; CREMATOGASTER MIMOSAE; CREMATOGASTER NIGRICEPS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036180221     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(01)00099-0     Document Type: Article

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