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J Chem Ecol

Title:		Trends in chemical ecology revealed with a personal computer program for searching data bases of scientific references and abstracts
Author(s):		Byers JA;
Address:		"Pheromone Research Group Department of Ecology, Animal Ecology Lund University, S-223 62, Lund, Sweden"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1992
Volume:		18
Issue:		9
Page Number:		1481 - 1495
DOI:		10.1007/BF00993222
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"A compiled program, JCE-REFS.EXE (coded in the QuickBASIC language), for use on IBM-compatible personal computers is described. The program converts a DOS text file of current B-I-T-S (BIOSIS Information Transfer System) or BIOSIS Previews references into a DOS file of citations, including abstracts, in a general style used by scientific journals. The latter file can be imported directly into a word processor or the program can convert the file into a random access data base of the references. The program can search the data base for up to 40 text strings with Boolean logic. Selected references in the data base can be exported as a DOS text file of citations. Using the search facility, articles in theJournal of Chemical Ecology from 1975 to 1991 were searched for certain key words in regard to semiochemicals, taxa, methods, chemical classes, and biological terms to determine trends in usage over the period. Positive trends were statistically significant in the use of the words: semiochemical, allomone, allelochemic, deterrent, repellent, plants, angiosperms, dicots, wind tunnel, olfactometer, electrophysiology, mass spectrometry, ketone, evolution, physiology, herbivore, defense, and receptor. Significant negative trends were found for: pheromone, vertebrates, mammals, Coleoptera, Scolytidae,Dendroctonus, lactone, isomer, and calling"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEByers, J A eng 1992/09/01 J Chem Ecol. 1992 Sep; 18(9):1481-95. doi: 10.1007/BF00993222"