Scent of a queen-cuticular hydrocarbons specific for female reproductives in lower termites

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 315-319

  Weil, Tobias ^a,c   Hoffmann, Katharina ^b   Kroiss, Johannes ^a   Strohm, Erhard ^a   Korb, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Fertility signals; Queen signal; Termites

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; CUTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HYDROCARBON; ODOR; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS; ISOPTERA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WOOD;

BLATTARIA; CRYPTOTERMES SECUNDUS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 58249114894     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0475-8     Document Type: Article

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