Floral CO 2 reveals flower profitability to moths

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1285-1288

  Thom, Corinna ^a   Guerenstein, Pablo G ^a   Mechaber, Wendy L ^a   Hildebrand, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

CO 2; Datura wrightii; foraging; insect plant interactions; labial palp pit organ; Manduca sexta

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOTH; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER; FOOD; FORAGING; MOTH; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; ANIMAL; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEPIDOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; DATURA; DATURA WRIGHTII; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MANDUCA; MANDUCA SEXTA; SOLANACEAE; SPHINGIDAE;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; MANDUCA;

EID: 3042853033     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000030298.77377.7d     Document Type: Article

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