(E,E)-α-farnesene, an alarm pheromone of the termite Prorhinotermes canalifrons

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 478-486

  Šobotník, Jan ^a,b   Hanus, Robert ^a   Kalinová, Blanka ^a   Piskorski, Rafal ^a   Cvačka, Josef ^a   Bourguignon, Thomas ^b   Roisin, Yves ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(E,E) farnesene; Alarm behavior; Alarm pheromone; Chemical communication; EAG; Isoptera; Rhinotermitidae; Termites

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FARNESENE; ALPHA-FARNESENE; PHEROMONE; SESQUITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALARM SIGNAL; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; PHEROMONE; SECRETION; SOLDIER CASTE; TERMITE; TERPENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ISOPTERA; PHEROMONES; SESQUITERPENES;

ISOPTERA; PRORHINOTERMES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 42049099045     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-008-9450-2     Document Type: Article

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