Nitrogen-Containing Compounds in the Scent Gland Secretions of European Cladonychiid Harvestmen (Opiliones, Laniatores, Travunioidea)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 912-921

  Raspotnig, Günther ^a,b   Schaider, Miriam ^a   Föttinger, Petra ^a,b   Komposch, Christian ^c   Karaman, Ivo ^d  

^a Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Institute of Animal Ecology and Landscape Planning   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Anabaseine; Chemical defense; Holoscotolemon; Nicotine; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DERIVATIVE;

ALKALOID; ARACHNID; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; JUVENILE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; PHENOL; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EUROPE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SCENT GLAND;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDA; EUROPE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SCENT GLANDS;

LANIATORES; OPILIONES; SCLEROBUNUS ROBUSTUS; TRAVUNIOIDEA;

EID: 79960971776     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-011-9996-2     Document Type: Article

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