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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Behavioral evidence for multicomponent trail pheromone in the termite,Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)"
Author(s):		Runcie CD;
Address:		"Department of Zoology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27514, Chapel Hill, North Carolina"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1987
Volume:		13
Issue:		9
Page Number:		1967 - 1978
DOI:		10.1007/BF01014679
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Evidence is presented for a multicomponent trail pheromone in the eastern subterranean termiteReticulitermes flavipes (Kollar). Choice tests were used to compare strength and persistency of trails made by termites in glass tubes. Tubes connected to termite nests for 24 hr were marked by termites with an extremely long-lasting chemical that persisted for at least one year, and a highly volatile substance that decayed in 15 min. Individual termites varied the trail they deposited under different circumstances. When removed from the nest and placed in a clean tube, they deposited a highly volatile substance. They left stronger and more persistent trails when exploring clean tubes attached to the nest. When they discovered a new food source, they left trails that were more attractive and far more persistent than trails made by exploring or displaced termites. A food trail made by 15 workers was still effective after 24 hr, whereas a trail made by 50 displaced workers, walking one after another through a tube, lasted only 5 min"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINERuncie, C D eng 1987/09/01 J Chem Ecol. 1987 Sep; 13(9):1967-78. doi: 10.1007/BF01014679"