Insect Hydrocarbons : Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemical Ecology (Hardcover)

Part 1. Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physiology: 1. Introduction: History and overview of insect hydrocarbons Gary J. Blomquist and Anne-Genevieve Bagneres; 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-Genevieve Bagneres and Gary J. Blomquist; 6. Cuticular and water balance Allen Gibbs and Subhash Rajpurohit; 7. Chemical taxonomy with hydrocarbons Anne-Genevieve Bagneres 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-Genevieve Bagneres and Cristina Lorenzi; 15. Behavioral and evolutionary roles of cuticular hydrocarbons in Diptera Jean-Francois Ferveur and Matthew Cobb; 16. Contact recognition pheromones in scorpions and spiders Marie Trabalon and Anne-Genevieve Bagneres; 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-Genevieve Bagneres.