Defensive secretion of Therea petiveriana: Chemical identification and evidence of an alarm function

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1629-1640

  Farine, Jean Pierre ^a   Semon, Etienne ^b   Everaerts, Claude ^a   Abed, Dehbia ^a   Grandcolas, Philippe ^c   Brossut, Remy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Alarm; Dictyoptera; Exocrine glands; Pheromones; Polyphagidae; Therea petiveriana

Indexed keywords

N 3 METHYLBUTYLACETAMIDE; N 3 METHYLBUTYLPROPANAMIDE; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALARM SIGNAL; COCKROACH; DEFENSE MECHANISM; PHEROMONE; SECRETION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COCKROACH; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COCKROACHES; FEMALE; MALE; PHEROMONES; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; DICTYOPTERA; POLYPHAGIDAE; THEREA PETIVERIANA;

EID: 0036694611     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019932630787     Document Type: Article

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