Woodrat desert

Plant parts often differ in their levels of secondary metabolites (Table 11.4), some containing extremely high levels. For example, the creosote bush, Larrea tridentata, of the western United States has phenolic resins concentrated in leaves, amounting to as much as 18% of dry weight. In experiments, desert woodrats, Neotoma lepida, selected plant parts of creosote bush with low levels of resins (Meyer and Karazov 1989). 

Karasow. Detoxification in relation to toxin tolerance in desert woodrats eating creosote bush. J Chem Ecol 2001 27(12) 559-2578. 

Brown Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus, 337 Cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, 692 Desert woodrat, Neotoma lepida, 803 Heermann s kangaroo rat, Dipodomys heermanni, 803... 

Fleming, A. S. Tombasso, L. 1980. Hormonal and sensory control of scent-marking in the desert woodrat Neo-toma lepida lepida). J. Comp. Physiol. Psych., 94 564—578. 

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