Infrared radiation from hot cones on cool conifers attracts seed-feeding insects

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1657, 2009, Pages 649-655

  Takács, Stephen ^a   Bottomley, Hannah ^a   Andreller, Iisak ^a   Zaradnik, Tracy ^a   Schwarz, Joseph ^a   Bennett, Robb ^b   Strong, Ward ^b   Gries, Gerhard ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conifer cones; Foraging cue; Infrared radiation; Infrared receptor; Leptoglossus occidentalis; Seed feeding

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GRANIVORY; INFRARED RADIATION; INSECT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; COREIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPTOGLOSSUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 58249110420     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0742     Document Type: Article

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