Chemical alarm in the termite Termitogeton planus (Rhinotermitidae)

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61388963:_____/14:00438410

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-014-0515-0" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-014-0515-0</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-014-0515-0" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10886-014-0515-0</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Chemical alarm in the termite Termitogeton planus (Rhinotermitidae)

Original language description

Effective defense is a common characteristic of insect societies. Indeed, the occurrence of specialized defenders, soldiers, has been the first step toward eusociality in several independent lineages, including termites. Among the multitude of defensive strategies used by termite soldiers, defense by chemicals plays a crucial role. It has evolved with complexity in advanced isopteran lineages, whose soldiers are equipped with a unique defensive organ, the frontal gland. Besides direct defense against predators, competitors, and pathogens, the chemicals emitted by soldiers from the frontal gland are used as signals of alarm. In this study, we investigated the chemical composition of the defensive secretion produced by soldiers of the termite Termitogeton planus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), from West Papua, and the effects of this secretion on the behavior of termite groups. Detailed two-dimensional gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analyses of the soldier defensive secretion revealed the presence of four linear and nine monoterpene hydrocarbons. Soldier head extracts, as well as synthetic mixtures of the monoterpenes found in these extracts, elicited alarm behavior in both soldiers and pseudergates. Our results suggest that the alarm is not triggered by a single monoterpene from the defensive blend, but by a multi-component signal combining quantitatively major and minor compounds.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Chemical Ecology

ISSN

0098-0331

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

40

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11-12

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

1269-1276

UT code for WoS article

000346638200015

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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