Pine needle oil causes avoidance behaviors in pocket gopher Geomys bursarius

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1013-1025

  Epple, Gisela ^a   Niblick, Hope ^a   Lewis, Stanley ^a   Nolte, Dale L ^b   Campbell, Dan L ^b   Mason, J Russell ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

avoidance behavior; feeding deterrents; pine needle oil; plant secondary metabolites; Pocket gophers

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CONIFERALES; GEOMYIDAE; GEOMYS BURSARIUS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MAMMALIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0029760834     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02029951     Document Type: Article

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