Orchid Mimics Honey Bee Alarm Pheromone in Order to Attract Hornets for Pollination

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1368-1372

  Brodmann, Jennifer ^a   Twele, Robert ^b   Francke, Wittko ^b   Yi bo, Luo ^c   Xi qiang, Song ^d   Ayasse, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

11 EICOSEN 1 OL; 11-EICOSEN-1-OL; ESSENTIAL OIL; FATTY ALCOHOL; PHEROMONE; PLANT EXTRACT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; DENDROBIUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; PREDATION; SENSE ORGAN; SYNTHESIS; WASP;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BEES; DENDROBIUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FATTY ALCOHOLS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; ODORS; OILS, VOLATILE; PHEROMONES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; POLLINATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SENSE ORGANS; SMELL; WASPS;

APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; DENDROBIUM; ORCHIDACEAE; PHILANTHUS TRIANGULUM; VESPA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 68849125226     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.06.067     Document Type: Article

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