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dc.contributor.authorGoulson, Daveen_UK
dc.contributor.authorStout, Jane Cen_UK
dc.contributor.authorLangley, Johnen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHughes, William O Hen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-18T23:35:08Z-
dc.date.available2013-06-18T23:35:08Zen_UK
dc.date.issued2000-12en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/7176-
dc.description.abstractForaging bumblebees can detect scents left on flowers by previous bumblebee visitors and hence avoid flowers that have been depleted of nectar. Tarsal secretions are probably responsible for this repellent effect. The chemical components of the tarsal glands were analyzed by combined gas chromatography–mass spectrometry for three species of bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, B. lapidarius, and B. pascuorum. The hydrocarbons identified were similar for each species, although there were interspecific differences in the relative amounts of each compound present. The tarsal extracts of all three species comprised complex mixtures of long-chain alkanes and alkenes with between 21 and 29 carbon atoms. When B. terrestris tarsal extracts were applied to flowers and offered to foraging bumblebees of the three species, each exhibited a similar response; concentrated solutions produced a repellent effect, which decreased as the concentration declined. We bioassayed synthetic tricosane (one of the compounds found in the tarsal extracts) at a range of doses to determine whether it gave a similar response. Doses 10–12 ng/flower resulted in rejection by foraging B. lapidarius. Only when 10–14 ng was applied did the repellent effect fade. We bioassayed four other synthetic compounds found in tarsal extracts and a mixture of all five compounds to determine which were important in inducing a repellent effect in B. lapidarius workers. All induced repellency but the strength of the response varied; heneicosane was most repellent while tricosene was least repellent. These findings are discussed in relation to previous studies that found that tarsal scent marks were attractive rather than repellent.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
dc.relationGoulson D, Stout JC, Langley J & Hughes WOH (2000) Identity and function of scent marks deposited by foraging bumblebees. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 26 (12), pp. 2897-2911. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1026406330348en_UK
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dc.subjectBombusen_UK
dc.subjectApidaeen_UK
dc.subjectHymenopteraen_UK
dc.subjecttarsal gland secretionsen_UK
dc.subjectforaging behavioren_UK
dc.subjectrepellencyen_UK
dc.subjectn-heneicosaneen_UK
dc.subjectn-tricosaneen_UK
dc.subject(Z)-9-tricoseneen_UK
dc.subjectn-pentacosaneen_UK
dc.subjectn-heptacosaneen_UK
dc.subjectBumblebees Ecologyen_UK
dc.subjectBioenergeticsen_UK
dc.subjectInsects Ecologyen_UK
dc.titleIdentity and function of scent marks deposited by foraging bumblebeesen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargodate3000-01-01en_UK
dc.rights.embargoreason[goulson_scentmarks_2000.pdf] The publisher does not allow this work to be made publicly available in this Repository therefore there is an embargo on the full text of the work.en_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1023/A:1026406330348en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleJournal of Chemical Ecologyen_UK
dc.citation.issn1573-1561en_UK
dc.citation.issn0098-0331en_UK
dc.citation.volume26en_UK
dc.citation.issue12en_UK
dc.citation.spage2897en_UK
dc.citation.epage2911en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emaildave.goulson@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Southamptonen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Southamptonen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Southamptonen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000166535500019en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid786816en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2000-12-31en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2012-08-02en_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorGoulson, Dave|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorStout, Jane C|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorLangley, John|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHughes, William O H|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
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