Sex Pheromone and Trail Pheromone of the Sand Termite Psammotermes hybostoma

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-188

  Sillam Dussès, David ^a   Hanus, Robert ^a   Abd El Latif, Ashraf Oukasha ^b   Jiroš, Pavel ^a   Krasulová, Jana ^a   Kalinová, Blanka ^a   Valterová, Irena ^a   Šobotník, Jan ^a  

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

^b Sohag University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dodecatrienol; GC EAD; Psammotermes hybostoma; Rhinotermitidae; Sex pheromone; Sternal gland; Tergal glands; Termites; Timber pest; Trail pheromone

Indexed keywords

(3Z,6Z,8E) DODECATRIEN 1 OL; (3Z,6Z,8E)-DODECATRIEN-1-OL; POLYENE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ALCOHOL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PHYLOGENETICS; SAND; SEX PHEROMONE; SIGNAL; TAXONOMY; TERMITE; TIMBER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; MALE; POLYENES; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ISOPTERA; PRORHINOTERMES; PSAMMOTERMES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 79951943290     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-011-9910-y     Document Type: Article

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