Chemical analysis of squirt-gun defense in Bursera and counterdefense by chrysomelid beetles

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 745-754

  Evans, Philip H ^a   Becerra, Judith X ^b   Venable, D Lawrence ^b   Bowers, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Blepharida; Bursera; Burseraceae; Chemical defense; Chrysomelidae; Fecal shield; Insect defense; Monoterpenes

Indexed keywords

RESIN;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PLANT DEFENSE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PREDATOR; SECRETION;

ANIMALIA; BLEPHARIDA; BURSERA; BURSERA BIFLORA; BURSERA SCHLECHTENDALII; BURSERACEAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034077145     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005436523770     Document Type: Article

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