Foraging responses in the butterflies Inachis io, Aglais urticae (Nymphalidae), and Gonepteryx rhamni (Pieridae) to floral scents

Chemoecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-11

  Andersson, Susanna ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aglais urticae; Butterfly; Choice bioassay; Floral scent; GC MS; Gonepteryx rhamni; Inachis io; Lepidoptera; Nectar foraging

Indexed keywords

ABUTILON HULSEANUM; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; AGLAIS URTICAE; ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; BUDDLEJA DAVIDII; CENTAUREA SCABIOSA; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; DIPSACACEAE; GONEPTERYX RHAMNI; INACHIS IO; KNAUTIA ARVENSIS; LAMIACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; ORIGANUM VULGARE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PHILADELPHUS CORONARIUS; PIERIDAE; SCABIOSA; URTICAE;

EID: 0037241948     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000490300000     Document Type: Article

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