Male-specific (Z)-9-tricosene stimulates female mating behaviour in the spider Pholcus beijingensis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1696, 2010, Pages 3009-3018

  Xiao, Yong Hong ^a,b   Zhang, Jian Xu ^a   Li, Shu Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b JINGGANGSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

(Z) 9 tricosene; Aphrodisiac; Araneae; Male pheromone; Pholcidae

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; CONSPECIFIC; COPULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEX PHEROMONE; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; PHOLCIDAE; PHOLCUS;

EID: 77956937807     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0763     Document Type: Conference Paper

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