A New Function of Hydrocarbons in Insect Communication: Maternal Care and Offspring Signalling in the European Earwig

Highlights of Analytical Chemistry in Switzerland

Authors

  • Flore Mas
  • Joël Meunier
  • Mathias Kölliker Zoological Institute, Evolutionary Biology, University of Basel, Vesalgasse 1, CH-4051 Basel

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2011.744

Keywords:

Forficula auricularia, Hydrocarbons, Insects, Parental care, Social behaviour, Solicitation pheromone

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Published

2011-09-30