A simple non-specific chemical signal mediates defence behaviour in a specialised ant-plant mutualism

Curr Biol. 2009 May 12;19(9):R361-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.03.026.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ants / drug effects
  • Ants / physiology*
  • Behavior, Animal / drug effects*
  • Fabaceae / physiology*
  • Hexobarbital
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry*
  • Salicylates
  • Symbiosis*

Substances

  • Plant Extracts
  • Salicylates
  • Hexobarbital
  • methyl salicylate