Individual and geographic variation of skin alkaloids in three species of Madagascan poison frogs (Mantella)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-279

  Daly, John W ^a   Garraffo, H Martin ^a   Spande, Thomas F ^a   Giddings, Lesley Ann ^a   Saporito, Ralph A ^b   Vieites, David R ^c   Vences, Miguel ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Ants; Chemical defense; Chemical sequestration; Mantellid frogs; Mites; Trophic relationships; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID;

ALKALOID; ANT; BEETLE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MITE; SKIN; SYMPATRY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; GEOGRAPHY; MADAGASCAR; MALE; SKIN;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ANURA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MADAGASCAR; MALE; SKIN;

ACARI; ANURA; COLEOPTERA; DENDROBATIDAE; DIPLOPODA; FORMICIDAE; MANTELLA; MANTELLA BARONI; MANTELLA BERNHARDI; MANTELLA MADAGASCARIENSIS; MANTELLINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 39149125767     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9396-9     Document Type: Article

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