Flower scent of floral oil-producing Lysimachia punctata as attractant for the oil-bee Macropis fulvipes

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 441-445

  Dötterl, Stefan ^a   Schäffler, Irmgard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotest; Dynamic headspace; Flight cage; Floral and vegetative scent; GC MS; Lysimachia punctata; Macropis fulvipes; Oil flower oil bee pollination system

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE OIL;

ANGIOSPERM; ATTRACTANT; BEE; FLOWER; OIL; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FLOWER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MYRSINACEAE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOWERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYRSINACEAE; ODORS; PLANT OILS;

APOIDEA; LYSIMACHIA PUNCTATA; MACROPIS FULVIPES;

EID: 33846404866     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9237-2     Document Type: Article

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