Characteristic odor of Osmoderma eremita identified as a male-released pheromone

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 575-587

  Larsson, Mattias C ^a,b   Hedin, Jonas ^a   Svensson, Glenn P ^a   Tolasch, Till ^c   Francke, Wittko ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

(R) (+) y decalactone; Chirality; Conservation; Electroantennography; Gas chromatography; Habitat colonization; Pheromone identification; Saproxylic; Scarab beetle; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

LACTONE DERIVATIVE; SEX PHEROMONE;

BEETLE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; ODOR; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; FEMALE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHEMORECEPTORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LACTONES; MALE; ODORS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

COLEOPTERA; OSMODERMA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEUS;

EID: 0037360469     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022850704500     Document Type: Article

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