Multifunctional weaponry: The chemical defenses of earwigs

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1186-1193

  Gasch, Tina ^a   Schott, Matthias ^a   Wehrenfennig, Christoph ^a   Düring, Rolf Alexander ^a   Vilcinskas, Andreas ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,4 Benzoquinones; Antimicrobials; Chemical ecology; Defensive secretion; Dermaptera; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; INSECT; NEMATICIDE; PATHOGEN; SECRETION;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

1,4-BENZOQUINONES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANTIMICROBIALS; ARTICLE; BODILY SECRETIONS; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFENSIVE SECRETION; EARWIG; FEMALE; INSECT; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NEMATODE; PHYSIOLOGY;

1,4-BENZOQUINONES; ANTIMICROBIALS; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; DEFENSIVE SECRETION; DERMAPTERA; NEMATODES;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BODILY SECRETIONS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECTS; MALE;

EID: 84886795129     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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