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Endogenous free fatty acids repel and attract Collembola

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Summary, in English

We used video recording of the movement pattern of Protaphorura armata (Collembola) to test whether its avoidance of the odor of dead conspecifics extends to related species. P. armata was repelled by the odor of dead individuals of Onychiurus scotarius and Onychiurus circulans, but not by live individuals. Free palmitic, oleic, and linoleic acids were present in extracts of the three repellent species, but only free palmitic acid was detected in extracts of a fourth nonrepellent species, Folsomia candida. Synthetic palmitic acid was attractive to P. armata, linoleic acid was repellent, and oleic acid gave no response. O. scotarius and O. circulans also contained 2,3-dimethoxy-pyrido[2,3-b] pyrazine, known as a defense substance. We discuss the role of free fatty acids in predator avoidance, conspecifics attraction, and food recognition in P. armata.

Publishing year

2004

Language

English

Pages

1431-1443

Publication/Series

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volume

30

Issue

7

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Ecology

Keywords

  • defense
  • pyridopyrazine
  • fatty acid
  • alarm
  • repellence
  • attraction
  • movement
  • Protaphorura armata
  • Collembola

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1573-1561