Pheromone Communication in Social Insects,9780813389769

Pheromone Communication in Social Insects

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ISBN13: 9780813389769
ISBN10: 0813389763
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1997-09-01
Publisher(s): Westview Pr
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Summary

Characteristically, social insects rely heavily on behavioral mechanisms and associated pheromonal chemistry to maintain their sociality and to successfully function as a colony unit. Bringing together for the first time prominent researchers in social insect pheromone communication, including nestmate recognition, this book looks at ants, wasps, bees, and termites, highlighting areas of convergence and divergence among these groups, and identifying areas that need further investigation. Presenting broad synthetic overviews as well as species-specific studies, the volume will be useful to natural scientists, ecologists, and those interested in pest management, as well as to anyone interested in the fascinating chemically mediated behavioral interactions of social insects.

Author Biography

Robert K. Vander Meer is a research chemist with the USDA/ARS. Michael D. Breed is professor of environmental population and organismic biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Mark L. Winston is professor of biological sciences at Simon Fraser University. Karl E. Espelie is professor of entomology at the University of Georgia at Athens. Robert K. Vander Meer is a research chemist with the USDA/ARS. Michael D. Breed is professor of environmental population and organismic biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Mark L. Winston is professor of biological sciences at Simon Fraser University. Karl E. Espelie is professor of entomology at the University of Georgia at Athens. Robert K. Vander Meer is a research chemist with the USDA/ARS. Michael D. Breed is professor of environmental population and organismic biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Mark L. Winston is professor of biological sciences at Simon Fraser University. Karl E. Espelie is professor of entomology at the University of Georgia at Athens. Robert K. Vander Meer is a research chemist with the USDA/ARS. Michael D. Breed is professor of environmental population and organismic biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Mark L. Winston is professor of biological sciences at Simon Fraser University. Karl E. Espelie is professor of entomology at the University of Georgia at Athens.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii(2)
Bert Holldobler
Preface ix(2)
Acknowledgments xi
PART ONE INTRODUCTION: SOURCES AND SECRETIONS 3(54)
1 Pheromone Communication in Social Insects: Sources and Secretions
3(31)
Johan Billen
E. David Morgan
2 The Cuticle and Cuticular Hydrocarbons of Insects: Structure, Function, and Biochemistry
34(23)
Gary J. Blomquist
Julie A. Tillman
Shuping Mpuru
Steven J. Seybold
PART TWO NESTMATE RECOGNITION IN SOCIAL INSECTS 57(102)
3 Chemical Cues in Kin Recognition: Criteria for Identification, Experimental Approaches, and the Honey Bee as an Example
57(22)
Michael D. Breed
4 Nestmate Recognition in Ants
79(25)
Robert K. Vander Meer
Laurence Morel
5 Nest and Nestmate Discrimination in Independent-Founding Paper Wasps
104(22)
Theresa L. Singer
Karl E. Espelie
George J. Gamboa
6 Nestmate Recognition in Termites
126(33)
Jean-Luc Clement
Anne-Genieve Bagneres
PART THREE SOCIAL INSECT RELEASER PHEROMONES 159(134)
7 Pheromone Directed Behavior in Ants
159(34)
Robert K. Vander Meer
Leeanne E. Alonso
8 Releaser Pheromones in Termites
193(23)
Jacques M. Pasteels
Christian Bordereau
9 Chemical Communication in Social Wasps
216(20)
Peter J. Landolt
Robert L. Jeanne
Hal C. Reed
10 Exocrine Glands and Their Products in Non-Apis Bees: Chemical, Functional and Evolutionary Perspectives
236(21)
Abraham Hefetz
11 Mass Action in Honey Bees: Alarm, Swarming and the Role of Releaser Pheromones
257(36)
Justin O. Schmidt
PART FOUR SOCIAL INSECT PRIMER PHEROMONES 293(52)
12 Primer Pheromones in Ants
293(21)
Edward L. Vargo
13 Primer Pheromones and Possible Soldier Caste Influence on the Evolution of Sociality in Lower Termites
314(17)
Gregg Henderson
14 Royal Flavours: Honey Bee Queen Pheromones
331(14)
Keith N. Slessor
Leonard J. Foster
Mark L. Winston
List of Contributors 345(2)
Author Index 347(6)
Taxonomic Index 353(5)
Subject Index 358

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