Benzoquinones from millipedes deter mosquitoes and elicit self-anointing in capuchin monkeys (Cebus spp.)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 301-304

  Weldon, Paul J ^a   Aldrich, Jeffrey R ^b   Klun, Jerome A ^b   Oliver, James E ^b   Debboun, Mustapha ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOQUINONE; SECRETORY COMPONENT;

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; GROOMING; INVERTEBRATE; PRIMATE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; INSECT BITE; MONKEY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BENZOQUINONES; CEBUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

VENEZUELA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; CEBUS OLIVACEUS; CULICIDAE; DIPLOPODA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0043246473     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0427-2     Document Type: Article

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