Quinone mixture as attractant for necrophagous dung beetles specialized on dead millipedes

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 731-740

  Schmitt, Thomas ^a   Krell, Frank Thorsten ^b   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractants; Benzoquinones; Diplopod defensive secretions; Diplopoda; Dung beetles; Necrophagy; Quinones; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; 2 METHOXY 3 METHYL 1,4 BENZOQUINONE; CHEMOATTRACTANT; METHYLBENZOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATTRACTANT; BEETLE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; SECRETION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; INSECT; MILLIPEDE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BEETLES; BENZOQUINONES; COTE D'IVOIRE; INSECT CONTROL; PHEROMONES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

COLEOPTERA; DIPLOPODA; INSECTA; ONTHOPHAGUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 3543006597     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000028428.53797.cb     Document Type: Article

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