Sex pheromones and trail-following pheromone in the basal termites Zootermopsis nevadensis (Hagen) and Z. angusticollis (Hagen) (Isoptera: Termopsidae: Termopsinae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 519-530

  Bordereau, Christian ^a   Lacey, Michael J ^b   Sémon, Etienne ^c   Braekman, Jean claude ^d   Ghostin, Jean ^d   Robert, Alain ^e   Sherman, Janet shellman ^f   Sillam Dussès, David ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Dampwood termite; Dimethyldodecanal; Phylogeny; Solid phase microextraction; Trimethylundecadienal

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL CUE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEX PHEROMONE; TERMITE;

HODOTERMITIDAE; ISOPTERA; MASTOTERMES DARWINIENSIS; MASTOTERMITIDAE; POROTERMES ADAMSONI; STOLOTERMES; STOLOTERMITINAE; TERMOPSIDAE; TERMOPSINAE; ZOOTERMOPSIS; ZOOTERMOPSIS ANGUSTICOLLIS; ZOOTERMOPSIS NEVADENSIS;

EID: 77954377123     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01446.x     Document Type: Article

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