Avian Chemical Defense: Toxic Birds Not of a Feather

Avian Chemical Defense: Toxic Birds Not of a Feather

Reseachers have identified in birds the three major alkaloids that occur in Central and South American poison-dart frogs. The relative involvement of various avian integumentary structures in toxin sequestration (or synthesis) and release needs further clarification.

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2000-11, Vol.97 (24), p.12948-12949
1. Verfasser: Weldon, Paul J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Alkaloids
Alkaloids - isolation & purification
Animals
Batrachotoxins - isolation & purification
Birds
Chemical hazards
Commentaries
Feathers
Frogs
Humans
Poisons
Predatory Behavior
Skin
Songbirds
Species Specificity
Toxicity
Toxins
Wasps
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Zusammenfassung:Reseachers have identified in birds the three major alkaloids that occur in Central and South American poison-dart frogs. The relative involvement of various avian integumentary structures in toxin sequestration (or synthesis) and release needs further clarification.
ISSN:0027-8424
1091-6490
DOI:10.1073/pnas.97.24.12948