Insect hydrocarbons : biology, biochemistry, and chemical ecology /
Insect hydrocarbons : biology, biochemistry, and chemical ecology /
[edited by] Gary J. Blomquist, Anne-Genevieve Bagneres.
- Cambridge, U. K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- xi, 492 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Contents: Introduction : history and overview of insect hydrocarbons / Gary J. Blomquist and Anne-Genevieve Bagneres - - Structure and analysis of insect hydrocarbons / Gary J. Blomquist - - Biosynthesis and cuticular hydrocarbons / Gary J. Blomquist - - Molecular biology and genetics of hydrocarbon production / Claude Wicker-Thomas and Thomas Chertemps - - Site of synthesis, mechanism of transport and selective deposition of hydrocarbons / Anne-Genevieve Bagneres and Gary J. Blomquist - - Cuticular lipids and water balance / Allen G. Gibbs and Subhash Rajpurohit - - Chemical taxonomy with hydrocarbons / Anne-Genevieve Bagneres and Claude Wicker-Thomas - - Chemical synthesis of insect cuticular hydrocarbons / Jocelyn G. Millar - - Oxygenated derivatives of hydrocarbons / James S. Buckner - - Perception and olfaction of cuticular compounds / Mamiko Ozaki and Ayako Wada-Katsumata - - Nestmate recognition in social insects and the role of hydrocarbons / Jelle S. van Zweden and Patrizia d' Ettorre - - Cuticular hydrocarbon cues in the formation and maintenance of insect social groups / Michael Greene - - Hydrocarbon profiles indicate fertility and dominance status in ant, bee, and wasp colonies / Jul rgen Liebig - - Chemical deception/mimicry using cuticular hydrocarbons / Anne-Genevieve Bagneres and M. Cristina Lorenzi - - Behavioral and evolutionary roles of cuticular hydrocarbons in Diptera / Jean-Francois Ferveur and Matthew Cobb - - Contact recognition pheromones in spiders and scorpions / Mari Trabalon and Anne-Genevieve Bagneres - - Hydrocardboms as contact pheromones of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera : Cerambycidae) / Matthew D. Ginzel - -Polyene hydrocarbons, epoxides, and related compounds as components of lepidopteran pheromone blends / Jocelyn Millar - - Volatile hydrocarbon pheromones from beetles / Robert J. Bartelt - - Future directions in hydrocarbon research / Abraham Hefetz, Claude Wicker-Thomas and Anne-Genevieve Bagneres. Includes bibliographical references and index.
9780521898140 (hbk.)
Insects--Physiology.
Insect biochemistry.
Cuticle.
Hydrocarbons.
Contents: Introduction : history and overview of insect hydrocarbons / Gary J. Blomquist and Anne-Genevieve Bagneres - - Structure and analysis of insect hydrocarbons / Gary J. Blomquist - - Biosynthesis and cuticular hydrocarbons / Gary J. Blomquist - - Molecular biology and genetics of hydrocarbon production / Claude Wicker-Thomas and Thomas Chertemps - - Site of synthesis, mechanism of transport and selective deposition of hydrocarbons / Anne-Genevieve Bagneres and Gary J. Blomquist - - Cuticular lipids and water balance / Allen G. Gibbs and Subhash Rajpurohit - - Chemical taxonomy with hydrocarbons / Anne-Genevieve Bagneres and Claude Wicker-Thomas - - Chemical synthesis of insect cuticular hydrocarbons / Jocelyn G. Millar - - Oxygenated derivatives of hydrocarbons / James S. Buckner - - Perception and olfaction of cuticular compounds / Mamiko Ozaki and Ayako Wada-Katsumata - - Nestmate recognition in social insects and the role of hydrocarbons / Jelle S. van Zweden and Patrizia d' Ettorre - - Cuticular hydrocarbon cues in the formation and maintenance of insect social groups / Michael Greene - - Hydrocarbon profiles indicate fertility and dominance status in ant, bee, and wasp colonies / Jul rgen Liebig - - Chemical deception/mimicry using cuticular hydrocarbons / Anne-Genevieve Bagneres and M. Cristina Lorenzi - - Behavioral and evolutionary roles of cuticular hydrocarbons in Diptera / Jean-Francois Ferveur and Matthew Cobb - - Contact recognition pheromones in spiders and scorpions / Mari Trabalon and Anne-Genevieve Bagneres - - Hydrocardboms as contact pheromones of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera : Cerambycidae) / Matthew D. Ginzel - -Polyene hydrocarbons, epoxides, and related compounds as components of lepidopteran pheromone blends / Jocelyn Millar - - Volatile hydrocarbon pheromones from beetles / Robert J. Bartelt - - Future directions in hydrocarbon research / Abraham Hefetz, Claude Wicker-Thomas and Anne-Genevieve Bagneres. Includes bibliographical references and index.
9780521898140 (hbk.)
Insects--Physiology.
Insect biochemistry.
Cuticle.
Hydrocarbons.