Predators usurp prey defenses? Toxicokinetics of tetrodotoxin in common garter snakes after consumption of rough-skinned newts

Chemoecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 179-185

  Williams, Becky L ^a   Hanifin, Charles T ^b   Brodie Jr , Edmund D ^a   Brodie III, Edmund D ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Sequester; Taricha granulosa; Tetrodotoxin; Thamnophis sirtalis; TTX

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SERPENTES; TARICHA; TARICHA GRANULOSA; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 84865526923     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-011-0093-3     Document Type: Article

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