Preference for acyanogenic white clover (Trifolium repens) in the vole Arvicola terrestris. II. Generalization and further investigations

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-122

  Viette, Michèle ^a   Tettamanti, Chiara ^b   Saucy, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arvicola terrestris; Cafeteria tests; Cyanogenesis; Rodentia; Trifolium repens; Voles; White clover

Indexed keywords

PLANT TOXIN;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RODENT; VOLE;

ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0033951095     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005441528235     Document Type: Article

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