Volatile components in defensive spray of the hooded skunk, Mephitis macroura

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1865-1870

  Wood, William F ^a   Sollers, Brian G ^a   Dragoo, Gwen A ^b   Dragoo, Jerry W ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Albuquerque Biological Park   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

(E) 2 butene 1 thiol; 2 methylquinoline; 2 phenylethanethiol; 2 quin olinemethanethiol; 3 methyl 1 butanethiol; Anal sac secretion; Hooded skunk; Mephitidae; Mephitis macroura; S (E) 2 butenyl thioacetate; S 3 methylbutenyl thioacetate

Indexed keywords

2 BUTENE 1 THIOL; 2 BUTENYL 3 METHYLBUTYL DISULFIDE; 2 PHENYLETHANETHIOL; 2 QUINOLINEMETHANETHIOL; 3 METHYL 1 BUTANETHIOL; BIS(2 BUTENYL)DISULFIDE; BIS(3 METHYLBUTYL)DISULFIDE; PHENYLMETHANETHIOL; QUINALDINE; S 2 BUTENYL THIOACETATE; S 2 PHENYLETHYL THIOACETATE; S 2 QUINOLINEMETHYL THIOACETATE; S 3 METHYLBUTENYL THIOACETATE; S PHENYLMETHYL THIOACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; MUSTELID;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SECRETION; AEROSOL; ANAL SAC; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; STEREOISOMERISM; VOLATILIZATION;

CARNIVORA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS MACROURA; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; MUSTELIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

AEROSOLS; ANAL SACS; ANIMALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEPHITIDAE; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0036755674     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020573404341     Document Type: Article

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