Pheromones in Chemical Communication

The Chemistry and Biology of Volatiles

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 123-149

  Mori, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Classification and definition of semiochemicals pheromones and kairomones; Mammalian pheromones; Multicomponent pheromone complexity; Pheromones in chemical communication; Pheromones, releaser pheromones and primer pheromones; Pheromones, substances secreted to the outside by second individual of same species; Releaser pheromones, sex pheromones aggregation, trail pheromones, type of behavioural change; Research techniques in pheromone science; Stereochemistry pheromone activity relationships; Structure of gypsy moth pheromone

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957854239     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470669532.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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