The Fecal Odor of Sick Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) Mediates Olfactory Attraction of the Tick Ixodes hexagonus

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 340-347

  Bunnell, Toni ^a   Hanisch, Kerstin ^a   Hardege, Jörg D ^a   Breithaupt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal health status; Host parasite interaction; Infochemical; Kairomone; Parasite infestation

Indexed keywords

INDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL CUE; FECES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; KAIROMONE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE INTENSITY; SMALL MAMMAL; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; HEDGEHOG; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IXODES; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; FECES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEDGEHOGS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INDOLES; IXODES; ODORS; PHEROMONES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; IXODES; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 79955045702     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-011-9936-1     Document Type: Article

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