Comparison of the flower scent of the sexually deceptive orchid Ophrys iricolor and the female sex pheromone of its pollinator Andrena morio

Chemoecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 231-233

  Stökl, Johannes ^a   Twele, Robert ^b   Erdmann, Dirk H ^b   Francke, Wittko ^b   Ayasse, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Andrena morio; GC EAD; Ophrys iricolor; Pollination sexual deception; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; OPHRYS; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 40149094619     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-007-0383-y     Document Type: Article

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