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chemical communication — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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chemical communication

Scope: community ecology

Papers: 6 | Mentions: 6

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 71 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on chemical communication with 71 nodes and 218 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Two-form Bumble Bee, Bumble Bees, Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee.

Definition

Communication through chemical signals that mediate various aspects of social activities in insects, especially regulation of reproduction

Related Terms (5)

chemical signalschemical signallingchemical cueschemical attractantsolfactory cues

Publications (6)

Chemical Variation among Castes, Female Life Stages and Populations of the Facultative Eusocial Sweat Bee <i> Halictus rubicundus </i> (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

2021Journal of Chemical Ecology

Chemical Variation among Castes, Female Life Stages and Populations of the Facultative Eusocial Sweat Bee <i> Halictus rubicundus </i> (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

2021Journal of Chemical Ecology

Plant chemical mediation of ant behavior

2019Current Opinion in Insect Science

Origin and specificity of predatory fish cues detected by Baetis larvae (<i>Ephemeroptera; Insecta</i>)

2014Animal Behaviour

Phoretic mite discrimination among male burying beetle (<i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>) hosts

2008Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volatile production by the buds and corollas of two sympatric, confamial plants, Ipomopsis aggregata and Polemonium foliosissimum

2002Journal of Chemical Ecology

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facultative sociality

phenomenon2 shared papers

caste system

phenomenon2 shared papers

queen signal

phenomenon2 shared papers

population dialect

phenomenon2 shared papers

inclusive fitness

theory1 shared paper

induced plant defenses

process1 shared paper

intraspecific trait variation

phenomenon1 shared paper

trophic cascade

process1 shared paper

volatile organic compounds

measurement1 shared paper

host specificity

phenomenon1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Golden-belted Bumble Bee

Bombus californicus

Two-form Bumble Bee

Bombus appositus

Bombus nevadensis

Bombus occidentalis

Bombus rufocinctus

Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee

Bombus mixtus

Bombus frigidus