Conserved male-specific cuticular hydrocarbon patterns in the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus brunneus

Chemoecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-34

  Smith, Adrian A ^a   Vanderpool, Whitney ^a   Millar, Jocelyn G ^b   Hanks, Lawrence M ^a   Suarez, Andrew V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Male signal; Phenotypic variation; Pheromone; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ODONTOMACHUS BRUNNEUS;

EID: 84892524541     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-013-0143-0     Document Type: Article

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