Essential-oil-mediated interactions between oregano plants and helicidae grazers

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1187-1202

  Vokou, D ^a   Tziolas, M ^c   Bailey, S E R ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Eobania; Foraging cycle; Helix; Mediterranean type ecosystems; Origanum vulgare; Snails; Terrestrial gastropods

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REPELLANT; SNAIL;

MEDITERRANEAN;

EOBANIA VERMICULATA; GASTROPODA; HELIX ASPERSA; HELIX LUCORUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE;

EID: 0031847318     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022446919104     Document Type: Article

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