Chemical communication in schizocosa malitiosa: Evidence of a female contact sex pheromone and persistence in the field

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 759-767

  Baruffaldi, Luciana ^a,c   Costa, Fernando G ^a   Rodríguez, Alejandra ^b   González, Andrés ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Araneae; Contact sex pheromone; Lycosidae; Mass spectrometry analysis; Persistence; Polarity; Schizocosa malitiosa; Wolf spider

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ARID REGION; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; CHEMICAL CUE; CONSPECIFIC; DEW; FEMALE; FIELD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; MATE LOCATION; MATING SUCCESS; PERSISTENCE; SEX PHEROMONE; SPIDER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPIDER; TIME;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SPIDERS; TIME FACTORS;

URUGUAY;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA;

EID: 77954243455     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9819-x     Document Type: Article

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