Trail-Following Pheromones in the Termite Subfamily Syntermitinae (Blattodea, Termitoidae, Termitidae)

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Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41340/20:82437
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-020-01180-8" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-020-01180-8</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-020-01180-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10886-020-01180-8</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Trail-Following Pheromones in the Termite Subfamily Syntermitinae (Blattodea, Termitoidae, Termitidae)
Original language description
Trail-following behaviour is a key to termite ecological success, allowing to orient themselves between the nesting and foraging sites. This behaviour is controlled by specific trail-following pheromones produced always by the abdominal sternal gland occurring in all termite species and developmental stages. Trail-following communication was studied in a broad spectrum of species, but the higher termites (i.e. Termitidae) from the subfamily Syntermitinae remain surprisingly neglected. To fill this gap, we studied the trail-following pheromone in 6 genera and 9 species of Syntermitinae. Our chemical and behavioral experiments showed that (3Z,6Z,8E) dodeca-3,6,8-trien-1-ol is the single component of the pheromone of all the termite species studied, except Silvestritermes euamignathus. This species produces both (Z,Z)-dodeca-3,6-dien-1-ol and neocembrene, but only (Z,Z)-dodeca-3,6-dien-1-ol elicits trail-following behaviour. Our results indicate the importance of (3Z,6Z,8E) dodeca-3,6,8-trien-1-ol, the most widespread communication compound in termites, but also the repeated switches to other common pheromones as exemplified by S. euamignathus.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10614 - Behavioral sciences biology

Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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