Response of brown treesnakes (Boiga irregularis) to mammalian blood: Whole blood, serum, and cellular residue

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 979-984

  Chiszar, David ^a   Dunn, Thomas M ^c   Stark, Patrick ^a   Smith, Hobart M ^b  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractant; Bait; Blood; Brown treesnakes; Cellular residue; Foraging; Guam; Predation; Serum; Traps

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; SNAKE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; MOUSE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RABBIT; RAT; SERUM; SNAKE; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MICE; MOVEMENT; RABBITS; RATS; SNAKES; TONGUE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BOIGA IRREGULARIS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0034933385     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010391121044     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Chemical perception in reptiles
2. Comparison of earthworm- and fish-derived chemicals eliciting prey attack by garter snakes (Thamnophis)
3. Chemoreception in the mud snail, Nassarius obsoletus. I. Properties of stimulatory substances extracted from shrimp
4. Removal of fatty acids from serum albumin by charcoal treatment
5. Stimulus control of predatory attack in the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis). 2. Use of chemical cues during foraging
6. Stimulus control of predatory behavior in the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis). IV. Effect of mammalian blood
7. Response of brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis) to human blood
8. Predatory behavior of brown treesnakes (Boiga irregularis): Laboratory studies of chemical attractants
9. Chemical discrimination by tongue-flicking in lizards: A review with hypotheses on its origin and its ecological and phylogenetic relationships
10. The olfactory reactions and organs of the marine snails Alectrion obsoleta (Say) and Busycon canaliculatum (Linn)
11. Ultracentrifugal analysis of serum lipoproteins
12. Rattlesnake predatory behavior: Mediation of prey discrimination and release of swallowing by cues arising from envenomated mice
13. Demise of an unsular avifauna: The brown tree snake on Guam
14. Movements of snakes via cargo in the Pacific region
15. The brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis, a threat to Pacific islands
16. Predation by the brown tree snake on poultry and other domesticated animals in Guam
17. Trapping Boiga irregularis on Guam using bird odors
18. The interaction of human serum albumin with long-chain fatty acid anions
19. Ecological, evolutionary, and conservation implications of feeding biology in old world cat snakes, genus Boiga (Colubridae)
20. Chemoreception in Nassarius obsoletus: The role of specific stimulatory proteins
21. Nasal chemical senses in reptiles: Structure and function
22. Characterization of vomeronasally-mediated response-eliciting components of earthwork wash-II
23. Signal transduction in the vomeronasal organ of garter snakes: Ligand-receptor binding-mediated protein phosphorylation
24. Foraging behaviour of the brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis
25. Sampling techniques for an arboreal snake, Boiga irregularis
26. Trapping the arboreal snake, Boiga irregularis
27. A state-of-the-art trap for the brown treesnake
28. Extinction of an island forest avifauna by an introduced snake
29. Food habits of Boiga irregularis, an introduced predator on Guam