Do carnivorous plants use volatiles for attracting prey insects?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 875-887

  Jürgens, Andreas ^a,b,c   El Sayed, Ashraf M ^a   Suckling, D Max ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Insectivorous plants; Pollinator prey conflict; Trap volatiles

Indexed keywords

CARNIVOROUS PLANT; GROWTH RATE; INSECTIVORE; MIMICRY; PREY CAPTURE; SEED PRODUCTION; SPECIALIZATION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMALIA; DIONAEA; DIONAEA MUSCIPULA; DROSERA; DROSERA BINATA; HEXAPODA; SARRACENIA FLAVA; SARRACENIA LEUCOPHYLLA; SARRACENIA MINOR; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 70349321502     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01626.x     Document Type: Article

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