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Use of infochemicals to attract carrion beetles into pitfall traps

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    SYSNO ASEP0329069
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleUse of infochemicals to attract carrion beetles into pitfall traps
    Author(s) Podskalská, H. (CZ)
    Růžička, J. (CZ)
    Hoskovec, Michal (UOCHB-X) RID
    Šálek, M. (CZ)
    Number of authors4
    Source TitleEntomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. - : Wiley - ISSN 0013-8703
    Roč. 132, č. 1 (2009), s. 59-64
    Number of pages6 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryGB - United Kingdom
    Keywordsburying beetles ; dimethylsulfide ; dimethyldisulfide ; dimethyltrisulfide
    Subject RIVCC - Organic Chemistry
    CEZAV0Z40550506 - UOCHB-X (2005-2011)
    UT WOS000266697200007
    DOI10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00871.x
    AnnotationWhen the bodies of small vertebrates start to decay shortly after death, a number of organosulfur compounds are produced, including methanethiol, dimethylsulfide (DMS), dimethyldisulfide (DMDS), dimethyltrisulfide (DMTS), and S-methyl thioacetate. These molecules appear to attract various necrophagous animals. We tested the roles of DMS, DMDS, and DMTS as attractants of carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae) in a 3-day experiment (220 baited pitfall traps) in an agricultural landscape in southern Bohemia. Sets of traps baited with DMTS were more successful in catching N. vespillo than sets baited with a blank. Traps containing DMDS had higher trapping success than traps containing DMS. In addition, trapping success strongly increased using DMTS in the presence of DMDS but not of DMS, suggesting a synergistic effect of DMDS and DMTS. We observed similar patterns between males and females in response to the infochemicals tested.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Contactasep@uochb.cas.cz ; Kateřina Šperková, Tel.: 232 002 584 ; Viktorie Chládková, Tel.: 232 002 434
    Year of Publishing2010
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