Defensive volatile secretions of two diplopod species attract the carrion ball roller scarab Canthon morsei (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 163-167

  Bedoussac, Laurent ^a   Favila, Mario E ^b   López, Remedios M ^c  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Benzaldehyde; Defensive secretions; Dung beetles; Millipedes; Quinones

Indexed keywords

AMPLINUS BITUMIDUS; ANADENOBOLUS PUTEALIS; CANTHON; COLEOPTERA; DIPLOPODA; POLYDESMIDA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE; SPIROBOLIDA;

EID: 34547881160     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-007-0375-y     Document Type: Article

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