Phenological fate of plant-acquired pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the polyphagous arctiid Estigmene acrea

Chemoecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 207-216

  Hartmann, Thomas ^a   Theuring, Claudine ^a   Beuerle, Till ^a   Bernays, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaloid sequestration; Alkaloid transmission; Arctiidae; Chemical defense; Estigmene acrea; Insect alkaloids; Male courtship pheromone; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids

Indexed keywords

ARCTIIDAE; CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA PUMILA; ESTIGMENE; ESTIGMENE ACREA; INSECTA;

EID: 6344256912     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-004-0276-2     Document Type: Article

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