Trail-following disruption in the invasive Argentine ant with a synthetic trail pheromone component (Z)-9-hexadecenal

Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-152

  Tanaka, Yasutoshi ^a   Nishisue, Koji ^a   Sunamura, Eiriki ^a   Suzuki, Shun ^a   Sakamoto, Hironori ^b   Fukumoto, Takehiko ^c   Terayama, Mamoru ^a   Tatsuki, Sadahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

(Z) 9 hexadecenal; Invasive species; Linepithema humile; Pest management; Phero mone; Trail pheromone

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 68949133028     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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