The scent of danger: Arginine as an olfactory cue of reduced predation risk

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1768-1775

  Ferrer, Ryan P ^a   Zimmer, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult larval interaction; Amino acid; Arginine; Cannibalism; Chemical signal; Newt; Olfaction; Predator; Predator avoidance; Prey; Salamander; Taricha torosa; Tetrodotoxin; TTX

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BINDING COMPETITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LARVA; METABOLISM; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SALAMANDER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CALIFORNIA; CUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCAPE REACTION; LARVA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLIGOCHAETA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SMELL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMALIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TARICHA TOROSA;

EID: 34250749069     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.001719     Document Type: Article

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