Sex pheromone mimicry in the early spider orchid (Ophrys sphegodes): Patters of hydrocarbons as the key mechanism for pollination by sexual deception

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 567-574

  Schiestl, F P ^a   Ayasse, M ^a   Paulus, H F ^a   Lofstedt C ^b   Hansson, B S ^b   Ibarra, F ^c   Francke, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Andrena nigroaenea; Chemical mimicry; Orchid pollination; Sex pheromone; Wax compounds

Indexed keywords

ANDRENA NIGROAENEA; ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; ARANEAE; OPHRYS SPHEGODES; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 0033879638     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590000112     Document Type: Article

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