Aggregation pheromone in Hypogastrura viatica (Collembola)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1977 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, volume 2, pages 41-48 (issn: 0340-5443, eissn: 1432-0762,

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Authors: Johan Mertens; Ren� Bourgoignie;

doi: 10.1007/bf00299287

Aggregation pheromone in Hypogastrura viatica (Collembola)

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An animal of the collembolan Hypogastrura viatica isolated on a substrate previously contaminated by individuals of the same species behaves as if it were part of an aggregate. The basic activity decreases by an amount equal to the constant of aggregation. This decrease is due to the response to a stimulus caused by a substance that is discharged onto the substrate by aggregating organisms. This substance seems to be an aggregation pheromone.

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