Effect of bombardier beetle spray on a wolf spider: Repellency and leg autotomy

Chemoecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 185-189

  Eisner, Thomas ^a   Aneshansley, Daniel ^b   Del Campo, Marta L ^a   Eisner, Maria ^a   Frank, J Howard ^c   Deyrup, Mark ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

1,4 benzoquinones; Autotomy; Carabidae; Chemical defense; Coevolution; Lycosa ceratiola; Lycosidae; Pheropsophus aequinoctialis; Predation; Repellency

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; BLATTARIA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOSA CERATIOLA; LYCOSIDAE; PHEROPSOPHUS AEQUINOCTIALIS;

EID: 33751254346     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-006-0346-8     Document Type: Article

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