Dynamic scaling in chemical ecology.

abstract：:Cyclohexanone, a naturally occurring component of male Asian elephant temporal gland secretion, was tested as a candidate elicitor of bioresponses from female Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). Four female Asian elephants were presented with synthetic cyclohexanone samples during a standardized bioassay. Four types of...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Perrin TE,Rasmussen LE

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The olfactory discrimination ability in a fruit-eating bat,Carollia perspicillata, was investigated. In a food-rewarded flight training procedure, four animals were taught to choose one of two odors simultaneously presented in a three-choice apparatus.Carollia chose the odor of ripe banana over that of unripe banana i...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Laska M

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized the variation in cuticular hydrocarbon mixtures between seven colonies of the Formosan subterranean termite,Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, from the same population. We report differences between castes, between colonies, and within the population over time to assess seasonality. Colonies ofC. formosa...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Haverty MI,Grace JK,Nelson LJ,Yamamoto RT

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fleshy fruits contain a myriad of secondary metabolites that may fulfill various non-mutually exclusive ecological functions. Among them are defense against pathogens and herbivores, manipulation of frugivores' gut retention time, or controlling the germination process. In addition, it has been suggested that aroma co...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Nevo O,Heymann EW,Schulz S,Ayasse M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae: Meliponini) represent a highly diverse group of social bees confined to the world's tropics and subtropics. They show a striking diversity of structural and behavioral adaptations and are important pollinators of tropical plants. Despite their diversity and functional importance, t...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Leonhardt SD

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioassays were carried out to test extracts of roots and leaves ofPiqueria trinervia and solutions of piquerol A and B, in order to appraise their allelopathic potential. Leaves seem to have greater concentrations of inhibitory compounds than roots. Both piquerol compounds show strong biological activity, but piquerol...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： De La Parra MG,Anaya AL,Espinosa F,Jiménez M,Castillo R

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have addressed how chemosensation may be impaired by chemical alterations of the environment and anthropogenic disturbance. Humic acid (HA) is a pervasive, naturally occurring organic derivative found in aquatic and terrestrial environments; human activity, however, can lead to elevated levels of HA. Recen...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Fabian NJ,Albright LB,Gerlach G,Fisher HS,Rosenthal GG

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of cacalol and extracts (water and petroleum ether) derived from the roots ofPsacalium decompositum (Asteraceae) on the germination and radicle growth of two plants.Amaranthus hypochondriacus (Amaranthaceae) andEchinochloa crusgalli (Poaceae), and on the radial growth of four phytopathogenic fungi is descri...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Anaya AL,Hernández-Bautista BE,Torres-Barragán A,León-Cantero J,Jiménez-Estrada M

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sex pheromone ofCydia toreuta (Grote), the eastern pine seedworm, was investigated using electroantennogram (AG) measurements, gas chromatography (combined GC-FID-EAD) measurements, and field tests. (E,Z)-8,10-dodecadienyl acetate (E,Z8,10-12:Ac) and (E,E)-8,10-dodecadienyl actetate (E,E8,10-12: Ac) produced both ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Katovich SA,Swedenborg PD,Giblin M,Underhill EW

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical communication is a dominant method of communication throughout the animal kingdom and can be especially important in group-living animals in which communicating threats, either from predation or other dangers, can have large impacts on group survival. Social insects, in particular, have evolved a number of ph...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Norman VC,Butterfield T,Drijfhout F,Tasman K,Hughes WO

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leading hypothesis for the evolution of the metal hyperaccumulation trait in plants is as a defense against herbivores. A central piece of evidence expected for this hypothesis is that plants benefit from herbivores being deterred from eating high metal tissues. While many studies have investigated whether or not ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Vesk PA,Reichman SM

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that plants infested with a single herbivore species can attract specific natural enemies through the emission of herbivore-induced volatiles. However, it is less clear what happens when plants are simultaneously attacked by more than one species. We analyzed volatile emissions of lima bean and ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： de Boer JG,Hordijk CA,Posthumus MA,Dicke M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brassicaceae plants are nonmycorrhizal. They were found to inhibit VA mycorrhizal infection in their host plants. We tested if they can influence growth of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi. When roots and leaves of Brassicaceae plants and ECM fungi were cultured together in the same petri dishes, the root exudates of turni...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Zeng RS,Mallik AU,Setliff E

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two genetically diverse strains of Trypanosoma cruzi were tested in vitro for susceptibility to the solanum-derived triglycoside alkaloids solasonine and solamargine. Cytolytic assays were performed on epimastigotes (EMs) and bloodstream form trypomastigotes (BSFs) lifecycle stages by using serial dilutions of each al...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Hall CA,Hobby T,Cipollini M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entomophagous insects are often repelled by the secondary compounds of the plants eaten by their prey. These compounds, therefore, take on a defensive role for the phytophagous species that sequester them. Given that numerous entomophagous species are capable of learning, the effects on the foraging behavior of a repe...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Le Roux AM,Le Roux G,Thibout E

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MaleGrapholitha molesta hairpencil components are ethyltrans-cinnamate, mellein, methyl jasmonate, and methyl 2-epijasmonate. The natural behavioral effect elicited by hairpencil-displaying males during courtship in attracting sex-pheromone-releasing females from several centimeters away can be duplicated by mixtures ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Nishida R,Baker TC,Roelofs WL

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ripe fruit ofMorinda citrifolia, host plant forDrosophila sechellia is highly toxic for three closely related species (D. melanogaster, D. simulans, andD. mauritiana). Green and rotten fruits are not toxic for all species tested. Short fatty acids were found to be present in large quantities in the extract of the ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Legal L,Chappe B,Jallon JM

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaves of Chrysanthemum morifolium cv. Ramat were extracted sequentially with hexane, ethyl acetate, and methanol. The methanol fraction, when incorporated into artificial diet was found to reduce the growth of cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni Hubner) larvae at concentrations between 500 and 5000 ppm of diet. Fractiona...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Beninger CW,Abou-Zaid MM,Kistner AL,Hallett RH,Iqbal MJ,Grodzinski B,Hall JC

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microplitis croceipes is a solitary parasitoid that specializes on noctuid larvae of Helicoverpa zea and Heliothis virescens. Both the parasitoid and its hosts are naturally distributed across a large part of North America. When parasitoids deposit their eggs into hosts, venom and polydnaviruses (PDVs) are also inject...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Tan CW,Peiffer M,Hoover K,Rosa C,Felton GW

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbivorous insects searching for a host plant need to integrate a sequence of multimodal sensory inputs. We conducted a series of no-choice experiments in a laboratory wind tunnel to examine the behavioral response of the specialist fruit fly, Neoceratitis cyanescens (Diptera: Tephritidae), to host visual and olfacto...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Brévault T,Quilici S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tropical rainforest shrub Piper cenocladum, which is normally defended against herbivores by a mutualistic ant, contains three amides that have various defensive functions. While the ants are effective primarily against specialist herbivores, we hypothesized that these secondary compounds would be effective agains...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Dyer LA,Dodson CD,Stireman JO 3rd,Tobler MA,Smilanich AM,Fincher RM,Letourneau DK

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) have specialized feeding habits, and commonly colonize only one or a few closely related host genera in their geographical ranges. The red turpentine beetle, Dendroctonus valens LeConte, has a broad geographic distribution in North America and exploits volatile cues...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Erbilgin N,Mori SR,Sun JH,Stein JD,Owen DR,Merrill LD,Bolaños RC,Raffa KF,Montiel TM,Wood DL,Gillette NE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cotton wool plug, used as the source for pheromone release, was placed in closed 1-quart Mason jars, either at the mouth or at the rear of the jar. Air sampling of the two components of the sex pheromone (total 2.2 mg at the source) of the almond moth (Ephestia cautella) female showed that the saturation period near...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Shani A

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The free-living soil nematodeCaenorhabditis elegans forms a nonfeeding dispersal stage at the second molt called the dauer larva when exposed to environmental cues indicating crowding and limited food. An improved bioassay, tenfold more sensitive than that used previously, has been used in the characterization of the ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Golden JW,Riddle DL

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major component of the rectal glandular extract and volatile emission of maleBactrocera cacuminatus is racemic 1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane. l-Hydroxy-5-nonanone as its open chain form, together with 6-n-butyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran are minor components. 1,7-Dioxaspiro[5.5]undecan-4-ol is present at a low level and i...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Krohn S,Fletcher MT,Kitching W,Drew RA,Moore CJ,Francke W

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Volatile components of Pachycoris stallii scent gland secretions and the bug's host plant, Croton californicus, were identified by gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy. The predominant compounds isolated from C. californicus fruit and leaves were beta-myrcene and beta-caryophyllene. Metathoracic gland secretions o...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Williams L 3rd,Evans PE,Bowers WS

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical investigation of the Dufour gland contents of three species ofMyrmecia by GC and GC-MS showed thatM. gulosa andM. nigriceps contain predominantly linear hydrocarbons, whereasM. pilosula contains acetates, aldehydes, and propionates. The major components ofM. gulosa andM. nigriceps are (Z)-8-heptadecene, penta...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Jackson BD,Billen JP,Morgan ED

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichothecene mycotoxins were produced byFusarium sporotrichioides DAOM 197255 isolated from a spruce budworm cadaver. An extract from the culture filtrate containing these metabolites was toxic to budworm when ingested at concentrations as low as 10 ppm in diet, and survivors were predisposed to infection with a fung...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Strongman DB,Strunz GM,Yu CM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical quality of forage may determine landscape use and habitat quality for some herbivorous species. However, studies that investigate the relationship between foliar chemistry and foraging choices in wild vertebrates are rare. Petauroides volans (the greater glider) is unique among Australian marsupial folivo...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Youngentob KN,Wallis IR,Lindenmayer DB,Wood JT,Pope ML,Foley WJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The raspberry cane midge, Resseliella theobaldi, is a widespread pest of cultivated red raspberry in Europe. Pheromone-baited traps could provide a much-needed, accurate means to monitor the pest. Volatiles collected separately from virgin female and male midges were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) coupled to mass...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Hall DR,Farman DI,Cross JV,Pope TW,Ando T,Yamamoto M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00