Spectrum of cyanide toxicity and allocation in Heliconius erato and Passiflora host plants

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 319-329

  Hay Roe, Mirian Medina ^a,b   Nation, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

glucosidase; Cyanide; Cyanogenic glycosides; Ecuador; Heliconius erato cyrbia; Heliconius erato demophoon; Heliconius erato favorinus; Panama; Passiflora; Peru

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE;

ANGIOSPERM; BUTTERFLY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CYANIDE; HOST PLANT; LARVA; MORTALITY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PUPA; SEASON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; DRUG EFFECT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; METABOLISM; PASSION FRUIT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CYANIDES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; PASSIFLORA; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; ECUADOR; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

HELICONIUS ERATO; HELICONIUS ERATO CYRBIA; HELICONIUS ERATO FAVORINUS; PAPILIONOIDEA; PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS;

EID: 33846407212     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9234-5     Document Type: Article

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