Neocembrene A, a major component of the trail-following pheromone in the genus Prorhinotermes (Insecta, Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Sillam Dussès, David ^a   Sémon, Etienne ^b   Moreau, Céline ^b   Valterová, Irena ^c   Šobotník, Jan ^c   Robert, Alain ^a   Bordereau, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

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

Author keywords

Neocembrene A; P. canalifrons; P. simplex; Phylogeny; Prorhinotermitinae; Termites

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES EXITIOSUS; NASUTITERMITINAE; PRORHINOTERMES; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TERMITIDAE; TRINERVITERMES;

EID: 17044397851     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-005-0285-9     Document Type: Article

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