(S)-(+)-linalool, a mate attractant pheromone component in the bee Colletes cunicularius

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-14

  Borg Karlson, Anna Karin ^a   Tengö, Jan ^b   Valterová, Irena ^c   Unelius, C Rikard ^a,d   Taghizadeh, Timo ^e   Tolasch, Till ^e   Francke, Wittko ^e  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^d LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

(S) (+) linalool; Behavior; Chirality; Colletes; Hymenoptera; Pheromone; Pollination; Sex attraction; Solitary bee

Indexed keywords

LINALOOL; SEX PHEROMONE;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; MATE ATTRACTION; PHEROMONE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BEE; COLLETES CUNICULARIUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENANTIOMER; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POLLINATION; RACEMIC MIXTURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MONOTERPENES; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STEREOISOMERISM;

APOIDEA; COLLETES; COLLETIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 12244268012     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021964210877     Document Type: Article

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