Insect Hydrocarbons

Herausgeber: Bagnères, Anne-Geneviève; Blomquist, Gary J.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Critical review of the production and function of insect cuticular hydrocarbons with special emphasis on their role in chemical communication.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 506
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1046g
• ISBN-13: 9780521898140
• ISBN-10: 0521898145
• Artikelnr.: 29424527

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physiology: 1. Introduction: History
and overview of insect hydrocarbons Gary J. Blomquist and Anne-Geneviève
Bagnères; 2. Structure and analysis of insect hydrocarbons Gary J.
Blomquist; 3. Biosynthesis of cuticular hydrocarbon Gary J. Blomquist; 4.
Molecular biology and genetics of hydrocarbon production Claude
Wicker-Thomas and Thomas Chertemps; 5. Site of synthesis, mechanism of
transport and selective deposition of hydrocarbons Anne-Geneviève Bagnères
and Gary J. Blomquist; 6. Cuticular and water balance Allen Gibbs and
Subhash Rajpurohit; 7. Chemical taxonomy with hydrocarbons Anne-Geneviève
Bagnères and Claude Wicker-Thomas; 8. Chemical synthesis of insect
cuticular hydrocarbons Jocelyn Millar; 9. Oxygenated derivatives of
hydrocarbons James S. Buckner; Part II. Chemical Communication: 10.
Perception and olfaction of cuticular compounds Mamiko Ozaki and Ayako
Wada-Katsumata; 11. Nestmate recognition in social insects and the role of
hydrocarbons. Jelle S. van Zweden and Patrizia d'Ettorre; 12. Cuticular
hydrocarbon cues in the formation and maintenance of insect social groups
Michael Green; 13. Hydrocarbon profiles indicate fertility and dominance
status in ant, bee, and wasp colonies Juergen Liebig; 14. Chemical
deception/mimicry using cuticular hydrocarbons Anne-Geneviève Bagnères and
Cristina Lorenzi; 15. Behavioral and evolutionary roles of cuticular
hydrocarbons in Diptera Jean-François Ferveur and Matthew Cobb; 16. Contact
recognition pheromones in scorpions and spiders Marie Trabalon and
Anne-Geneviève Bagnères; 17. Hydrocarbons as contact pheromones of
longhorned beetles Matthew D. Ginzel; 18. Polyene hydrocarbons, epoxides,
and related compounds as components of lepidopteran pheromone blends
Jocelyn Millar; 19. Volatile hydrocarbon pheromones from beetles Robert
Bartelt; 20. New areas of research on insect hydrocarbons and conclusion
Abraham Hefetz, Claude Wicker-Thomas and Anne-Geneviève Bagnères.