Eating chemically defended prey: Alkaloid metabolism in an invasive ladybird predator of other ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-241

  Sloggett, J J ^a   Davis, A J ^b  

^a Beutenberg Campus ^*  (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Coccinellidae; Harmonia axyridis; Intraguild predation; Metabolism; Physiological tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; BRIDGED COMPOUND; CARBROMAL; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; ISOPROPYLEINE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BRIDGED COMPOUNDS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 3-RING; LARVA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PIPERIDINES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 75249084656     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.037127     Document Type: Article

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