Novel pheromone-mediated reproductive behaviour in the stag beetle, Lucanus cervus
dc.contributor.author | Harvey, DJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Vuts, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Hooper, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Caulfield, JC | |
dc.contributor.author | Finch, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Woodcock, CM | |
dc.contributor.author | Gange, AC | |
dc.contributor.author | Chapman, JW | |
dc.contributor.author | Birkett, MA | |
dc.contributor.author | Pickett, JA | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-09T12:20:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-03-12 | |
dc.date.updated | 2024-05-07T14:45:36Z | |
dc.description.abstract | The iconic European stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) is one of the largest terrestrial beetles in Europe. Due to decreasing population numbers, thought to be a consequence of habitat loss, this beetle has become a near-threatened species across much of Europe, and a reliable monitoring system is required to measure its future population trends. As part of a programme aimed at conserving UK populations, we have investigated the chemical ecology of the beetle, with a view to developing an efficient semiochemical-based monitoring system. Such a scheme will be beneficial not only in the UK but across the European range of the species, where the beetle is of conservation concern. Here, we report on a surprising discovery of a male-produced pheromone, which provokes initial sexual receptivity in females, and which has not been previously identified in the animal kingdom. Furthermore, we assign sex pheromone function to a previously described female-specific compound. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | People’s Trust for Endangered Species | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | British Ecological Society | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 14(1), article 6037 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55985-8 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | BB/X010953/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/135926 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-7475-4441 (Chapman, Jason W) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Nature Research | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38472207 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2024. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. Te images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. | en_GB |
dc.title | Novel pheromone-mediated reproductive behaviour in the stag beetle, Lucanus cervus | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2024-05-09T12:20:28Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | |
exeter.article-number | 6037 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | England | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Nature Research via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Data availability: The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available via the corresponding authors on reasonable request. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2045-2322 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Scientific Reports | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2024-02-29 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2024-03-12 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2024-05-09T12:18:26Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2024-05-09T12:20:33Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2024-03-12 |
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