Quinolizidine alkaloids in Ormosia arborea seeds inhibit predation but not hoarding by agoutis (Dasyprocta leporina)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1065-1072

  Guimarães Jr , Paulo Roberto ^a   José, Juliana ^a   Galetti, Mauro ^b   Trigo, José Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic rainforest; Caviomorpha; Chemical defense; Mimetic seeds; Quinolizidine alkaloid; Rodentia; Secondary compounds; Seed defense; Seed dispersal; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANGUSTIFOLINE; LUPANINE; METHANOL; ORMOSANINE; PANAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; QUINOLIZIDINE DERIVATIVE; SPARTEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALOID; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; INHIBITION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

AGOUTI RAT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVERGREEN RAIN FOREST; EXTRACTION; FOOD HOARDING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; ORMOSIA ARBOREA; PLANT SEED; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; TREE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; FABACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUINOLIZINES; RODENTIA; SEEDS;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA; CAVIOMORPHA; DASYPROCTA; DASYPROCTA LEPORINA; HEXAPODA; MIMUSOPS; MIMUSOPS CORIACEA; ORMOSIA ARBOREA; RODENTIA; SAPOTACEAE; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0038177386     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023817203748     Document Type: Article

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