CONTRASTING REACTIONS OF LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES TO 2 TYPES OF CHEMICALLY DEFENDED INSECT PREY

Authors
YOSEF R CARREL JE EISNER T
Citation
R. Yosef et al., CONTRASTING REACTIONS OF LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES TO 2 TYPES OF CHEMICALLY DEFENDED INSECT PREY, Journal of chemical ecology, 22(2), 1996, pp. 173-181
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology,Biology
Journal title
Journal of chemical ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00980331
Volume
22
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
173 - 181
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-0331(1996)22:2<173:CROLST>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Feeding tests with loggerhead shrikes (Lanius ludovicianus) showed thi s bird to accept Utetheisa ornatrix, a moth (Arctiidae) protected by p yrrolizidine alkaloids, but to avoid Lytta polita, a beetle (Meloidae) containing cantharidin.