† Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, 24000, Niterói RJ, Brazil
‡ Institutó de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Abstract:
Cyanogenesis of 800 plant specimens (108 species) growing on a sandy tract of land between the sea and an inner lagoon 400 m distant was found to increase with insect density and, hence, with distance from the seashore and seasonal variation towards summer.