Variability of alkaloid profiles in Oophaga pumilio (Amphibia: Anura: Dendrobatidae) from western Panama and southern Nicaragua

Salamandra

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 241-247

  Mebs, Dietrich ^a   Pogoda, Werner ^a   Batista, Abel ^b   Ponce, Marcos ^b   Köhler, Gunther ^c   Kauert, Gerold ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Desarollo Sostenible   (Papua New Guinea)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaloid profiles; Amphibia; Anura; Chemical variability; Dendrobatidae; Oophaga pumilio

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARTHROPODA; DENDROBATIDAE; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 57349151454     PISSN: 00363375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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