Argentine Ant Trail Pheromone Disruption is Mediated by Trail Concentration

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1143-1149

  Suckling, David Maxwell ^a   Stringer, Lloyd D ^a   Corn, Joshua E ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

(Z) 9 hexadecenal; Ant; Disruption; Linepithema humile; Pheromone; Suppression; Trails

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; PALMITALDEHYDE; PHEROMONE;

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD SUPPLY; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; ANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONES;

FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 80255132767     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-011-0019-0     Document Type: Article

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