Predator responses to sequestered plant toxins in buckeye caterpillars: Are tritrophic interactions locally variable?

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2093-2106

  Camara, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aucubin; Catalpol; Chemical defense; Diet breadth; Host range; Iridoid glycosides; Predation; Sequestration; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BUCKEYE CATERPILLAR; HOST PLANT; INSECT HERBIVORE; PREDATION; SECONDARY COMPOUND; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

COENIA; ELATINE; INSECTA; JUNONIA COENIA; KICKXIA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PLANTAGINACEAE; PLANTAGO; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

EID: 0030756411     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006431.34359.c2     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. BELOFSKY, G., BOWERS, M. D., JANZEN, S., and STERMITZ, F. R. 1989. Iridoid glycosides of Aureolaria flava and their sequestration by Euphydryas phaeton butterflies. Phytochemistry 28:1601-1604.