The chemistry of exploding ants, Camponotus spp. (cylindricus complex)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1479-1492

  Jones, T H ^a   Clark, D A ^a   Edwards, A A ^b   Davidson, D W ^c   Spande, T F ^d   Snelling, R R ^e  

^a VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

acyclic terpenes; autothysis; Camponotus spp.; chemotaxonomy; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; polyacetate derived aromatics; territoriality

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYCITRONELLIC ACID; ACETOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROXYL GROUP; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; TERPENE;

ANT; ARTICLE; CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS CLERODENDRI; CAMPONOTUS CYLINDRICUS; CAMPONOTUS SUANDERSI; CHEMOTAXONOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DERIVATIZATION; HYPERTROPHY; INSECT; ISOMER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; SAMPLING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

ACETATES; ACETOPHENONES; ANIMALS; ANT VENOMS; ANTS; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHENOLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TERPENES;

ARACHNIDA; CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS CLERODENDRI; CAMPONOTUS CYLINDRICUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 4644370489     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000042063.01424.28     Document Type: Article

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