Impact of Consuming ‘Toxic’ Monarch Caterpillars on Adult Chinese Mantid Mass Gain and Fecundity

Predators that feed on chemically-defended prey often experience non-lethal effects that result in learned avoidance of the prey species. Some predators are able to consume toxic prey without ill-effect. The Chinese mantid is able to consume cardenolide-containing monarch caterpillars without immedi...

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Autores principales: Rafter, Jamie L., Gonda-King, Liahna, Niesen, Daniel, Seeram, Navindra P., Rigsby, Chad M., Preisser, Evan L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5371951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28218646
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects8010023

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5371951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28218646
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects8010023

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