Behavioral responses to the alarm pheromone of the ant Camponotus obscuripes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Zoological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-358

  Fujiwara Tsujii, Nao ^a   Yamagata, Nobuhiro ^b   Takeda, Takeshi ^a   Mizunami, Makoto ^b   Yamaoka, Ryohei ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alarm pheromone; Camponotus obscuripes; Formic acid; n pentadecane; n undecane

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; DECANE; FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HEXANE; N-HEXANE; PENTADECANE; PHEROMONE; UNDECANE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ALKANES; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FORMIC ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEXANES; PHEROMONES; TIME FACTORS;

CAMPONOTUS OBSCURIPES; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33745039188     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.23.353     Document Type: Article

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