A Non-lethal Water-based Removal-reapplication Technique for Behavioral Analysis of Cuticular Compounds of Ants

Olivier Roux (1) , Jean-Michel Martin (1) , Nathan Tene Ghomsi , Alain Dejean (1)

1 ECOFOG - Ecologie des forêts de Guyane

Keywords: Ants; Behavioral assay; Behavioral ecology; Camponotus blandus; Chemical composition; Chemical ecology; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; Live dummies; Solenopsis saevissima; Methods

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Biochemistry, Molecular Biology; Biochemistry [q-bio.BM]; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Ecology, environment; Symbiosis

Olivier Roux, Jean-Michel Martin, Nathan Tene Ghomsi, Alain Dejean. A Non-lethal Water-based Removal-reapplication Technique for Behavioral Analysis of Cuticular Compounds of Ants. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2009, 35 (8), pp.904-912. ⟨10.1007/s10886-009-9673-x⟩. ⟨hal-01083748⟩