Ecological example of conditioned flavor aversion in plant-herbivore interactions: Effect of terpenes of Eucalyptus leaves on feeding by common ringtail and brushtail possums

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 401-415

  Lawler, Ivan R ^a,b   Stapley, Jessica ^a   Foley, William J ^a   Eschler, Bart M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cineole; Conditioned flavor aversion; Emesis; Eucalyptus; Food intake; Jensenone; Plant toxin; Pseudocheirus perigrinus; Terpene; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

TERPENE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; FEEDING DETERRENT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONDITIONING; DETOXIFICATION; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS; CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS; EMESIS; EUCALYPTUS; INSECTA; METATHERIA; PEREGRINUS; PHALANGERIDAE; PSEUDOCHEIRUS; PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0032972550     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020863216892     Document Type: Article

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