Developmental and geographical variation in the chemical defense of the walkingstick insect Anisomorpha buprestoides

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 584-590

  Dossey, Aaron T ^a   Walse, Spencer S ^b,c   Edison, Arthur S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisomorpha buprestoides; Anisomorphal; Chemical ecology; Development; Dolichodial; Insect; Monoterpene; Peruphasmal; Phasmatodea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INSECT; MONOTERPENE; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; GEOGRAPHY; INSECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

ANISOMORPHA BUPRESTOIDES; AVES; DIAPHEROMERA FEMORATA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PHASMATODEA;

EID: 43449121526     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-008-9457-8     Document Type: Article

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