Ethyl 4-methyl heptanoate: A male-produced pheromone of Nicrophorus vespilloides

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-98

  Haberer, Wolf ^a   Schmitt, Thomas ^a   Peschke, Klaus ^a   Schreier, Peter ^b   Müller, Josef K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

(E) geranylacetone; Burying beetle; Coleoptera; Ethyl 4 methyl heptanoate; Male attractant pheromone; Nicrophorus; Silphidae; Volatile

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS; NICROPHORUS HUMATOR; NICROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES; SILPHIDAE;

GERANYLACETONE; HEPTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE; TERPENE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEPTANOATES; MALE; PHEROMONES; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; TERPENES;

EID: 44449146661     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9406-y     Document Type: Article

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