Sideroxylonal in Eucalyptus foliage influences foraging behaviour of an arboreal folivore

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 272-279

  Wiggins, Natasha L ^a   Marsh, Karen J ^b   Wallis, Ian R ^b   Foley, William J ^b   McArthur, Clare ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feeding behaviour; Formylated phloroglucinol compounds; Plant secondary metabolites; Ringtail possum

Indexed keywords

BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PHLOROGLUCINOL; SIDEROXYLONAL C;

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; PLANT DEFENSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EUCALYPTUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; EUCALYPTUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHALANGERIDAE; PHLOROGLUCINOL; PLANT LEAVES;

BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MELLIODORA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS;

EID: 32444451551     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0268-0     Document Type: Article

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