A new C12 alcohol identified as a sex pheromone and a trail-following pheromone in termites: The diene (Z,Z)-dodeca-3,6-dien-1-ol

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-39

  Robert, Alain ^a   Peppuy, Alexis ^a   Sémon, Etienne ^b   Boyer, François D ^b   Lacey, Michael J ^c   Bordereau, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; DODECADIENOL; DODECENOL; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PHEROMONE; TERMITE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FEMALE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOPTERA; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ALKADIENES; ANIMALS; DODECANOL; ISOPTERA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHEROMONES; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANCISTROTERMES PAKISTANICUS; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0442291669     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0481-9     Document Type: Article

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