A two-component female-produced pheromone of the spider pholcus beijingensis

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 769-778

  Xiao, Yonghong ^a,b   Zhang, Jianxu ^a   Li, Shuqiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

(E,E) Farnesyl acetate; Araneae; Hexadecyl acetate; Pholcidae; Sex pheromone; Spider web

Indexed keywords

ACETATE; CONSPECIFIC; PHTHALATE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEX PHEROMONE; SIGNALING; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PHOLCIDAE; PHOLCUS;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FARNESOL; FARNESYLACETIC ACID; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; FARNESOL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPIDERS;

EID: 70349580709     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9660-2     Document Type: Article

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