Depletion of host-derived cyanide in the gut of the eastern tent caterpillar, Malacosoma americanum

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 257-268

  Fitzgerald, T D ^a   Jeffers, P M ^a   Mantella, D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Black cherry; Cyanide; Lasiocampidae; Malacosoma americanum; Prunus serotina; Tent caterpillar

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; CYANIDE; DIGESTION; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; CHERRY; COLORIMETRY; DEPLETION; DETRITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING; HOST; INSECT; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PUPATION;

ANIMALS; CYANIDES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; FOOD CHAIN; MOTHS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PRUNUS;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA; MALACOSOMA AMERICANUM; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA;

EID: 0036186399     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017925922833     Document Type: Article

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