Insect hydrocarbons : biology, biochemistry, and chemical ecology /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : history and overview of insect hydrocarbons
- Structure and analysis of insect hydrocarbons
- Biosynthesis of cuticular hydrocarbons
- Molecular biology and genetics of hydrocarbon production
- Site of synthesis, mechanism of transport and selective deposition of hydrocarbons
- Cuticular lipids and water balance
- Chemical taxonomy with hydrocarbons
- Chemical synthesis of insect cuticular hydrocarbons
- Oxygenated derivatives of hydrocarbons
- Perception and olfaction of cuticular compounds
- Nestmate recognition in social insects and the role of hydrocarbons
- Cuticular hydrocarbon cues in the formation and maintenance of insect social groups
- Hydrocarbon profiles indicate fertility and dominance status in ant, bee, and wasp colonies
- Chemical deception/mimicry using cuticular hydrocarbons
- Behavioral and evolutionary roles of cuticular hydrocarbons in Diptera
- Contact recognition pheromones in spiders and scorpions
- Hydrocarbons as contact pheromones of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera : Cerambycidae)
- Polyene hydrocarbons, epoxides, and related compounds as components of lepidopteran pheromone blends
- Volatile hydrocarbon pheromones from beetles
- Future directions in hydrocarbon research