Temperature and food availability differentially affect the production of antimicrobial compounds in oral secretions produced by two species of burying beetle

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 871-877

  Jacques, Betty J ^a   Akahane, Shusaku ^a   Abe, Michiko ^a   Middleton, Wendi ^a   Hoback, William W ^a   Shaffer, Julie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial secretion; Carrion beetle; Feeding; Nicrophorus carolinus; Nicrophorus marginatus; Sex; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BEETLES; CATTLE; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; RATS; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 75649097856     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9680-y     Document Type: Article

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