Predatory response of brown tree snakes to chemical stimuli from human skin

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2465-2473

  Greene, Michael J ^a,b   Stark, Shantel L ^a   Mason, Robert T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiga irregularis; Brown tree snake; Feeding stimulus; Invasive pest species; Predatory behavior

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

CHEMICAL CUE; PEST SPECIES; PREDATOR; SNAKE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOIGA IRREGULARIS; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUAM; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; SKIN; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PHEROMONES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SKIN; SNAKE BITES;

GUAM;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BOIGA IRREGULARIS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0036962267     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021479901674     Document Type: Article

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