Role of detoxification of plant secondary compounds on diet breadth in a mammalian herbivore, Trichosurus, vulpecula

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1205-1219

  Dearing, M Denise ^a,b   Cork, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Detoxification; Diet breadth; Herbivory; Phenolics; Terpenes; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TERPENE;

DETOXIFICATION; DIET; HERBIVORE; MARSUPIAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; EATING HABIT; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; EUCALYPTUS MELLIODORA; EUCALYPTUS RADIATA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032994913     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020958221803     Document Type: Article

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