Skin as a toxin storage organ in the endemic new Guinean genus Pitohui

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 520-530

  Dumbacher, John P ^a,b   Menon, Gopinathan K ^a   Daly, John W ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Batrachotoxin; Cdefense; Feathers; Hooded Pitohui; Pitohui dichrous; Skin

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FEATHER; SKIN; SONGBIRD; TOXIN;

NEW GUINEA;

AVES; PITOHUI; PITOHUI DICHROUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 73349126415     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.08230     Document Type: Article

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