Cuticular compounds of workers and queens in two Leptothorax ant species - A comparison of results obtained by solvent extraction, solid sampling, and SPME

Chemoecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-21

  Tentschert, J ^a,b   Bestmann, H J ^a   Heinze, J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons sampling; Nestmate recognition; SPME Formicidae; Techniques

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; LEPTOTHORAX; LEPTOTHORAX ACERVORUM; LEPTOTHORAX GREDLERI;

EID: 0036218688     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-002-8322-4     Document Type: Article

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