Maternal provisioning of sequestered defensive steroids by the Asian snake Rhabdophis tigrinus

Chemoecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-190

  Hutchinson, Deborah A ^a   Savitzky, Alan H ^a   Mori, Akira ^b   Meinwald, Jerrold ^c   Schroeder, Frank C ^d  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator defense; Bufadienolide; Bufo; Dietary toxins; Nuchal glands

Indexed keywords

ANURA; BUFO; RHABDOPHIS TIGRINUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 49949111575     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-008-0404-5     Document Type: Article

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