A scent shield to survive: identification of the repellent compounds secreted by the male offspring of the cuckoo bumblebee Bombus vestalis

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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eea.12366" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eea.12366</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eea.12366" target="_blank" >10.1111/eea.12366</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A scent shield to survive: identification of the repellent compounds secreted by the male offspring of the cuckoo bumblebee Bombus vestalis
Original language description
In bumblebees, previous investigations indicated that male offspring of Bombus vestalis, the social parasite of Bombus terrestris, may use allomones to evade host worker attacks. Here we performed electrophysiological studies and behavioural experimentsto identify the potential repellents. Six compounds elicited electroantennographic responses in host worker antennae. The mixture of synthetic volatiles as well as pure tetradecyl acetate, and to a lesser extent pure (Z)-11-hexadecenyl acetate, showed arepellent effect on starved host workers in a feeding bioassay. We hypothesize that tetradecyl acetate has a key function in the repellent effect of the secretions of B. vestalis male offspring towards B. terrestris host workers.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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