Ant and Mite Diversity Drives Toxin Variation in the Little Devil Poison Frog

Poison frogs sequester chemical defenses from arthropod prey, although the details of how arthropod diversity contributes to variation in poison frog toxins remains unclear. We characterized skin alkaloid profiles in the Little Devil poison frog, Oophaga sylvatica (Dendrobatidae), across three popul...

• Main Author: McGugan, Jenna R. (author)
• Other Authors: Byrd, Gary D. (author), Roland, Alexandre B. (author), Caty, Stephanie N. (author), Kabir, Nisha (author), Tapia, Elicio E. (author), Trauger, Sunia A. (author), Coloma, Luis A. (author), O’Connell, Lauren A. (author)
• Format: article
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Poison frog; Alkaloid; Toxin; Ant; Mite; Mass spectrometry; Dendrobatidae
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-016-0715-x; http://dspace.ikiam.edu.ec:8080/jspui/handle/RD_IKIAM/166