Insect Hydrocarbons (eBook, PDF)

Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemical Ecology
Redaktion: Blomquist, Gary J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A unique and critical analysis of the wealth of research conducted on the biology, biochemistry and chemical ecology of the rapidly growing field of insect cuticular hydrocarbons. Authored by leading experts in their respective fields, the twenty chapters show the complexity that has been discovered in the nature and role of hydrocarbons in entomology. Covers, in great depth, aspects of chemistry (structures, qualitative and quantitative analysis), biochemistry (biosynthesis, molecular biology, genetics, evolution), physiology, taxonomy, and ecology. Clearly presents to the reader the array of data, ideas, insights and historical disagreements that have been accumulated during the past half century. An emphasis is placed on the role of insect hydrocarbons in chemical communication, especially among the social insects. Includes the first review on the chemical synthesis of insect hydrocarbons. The material presented is a major resource for current researchers and a source of ideas for new researchers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511717642
• Artikelnr.: 38214123

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.