Changes in monoterpene emission rates of quercus ilex infested by aphids tended by native or invasive lasius ant species

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 689-698

  Paris, Carolina I ^a,c   Llusia, Joan ^b   Peñuelas, Josep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aphid ant interaction; Biotic factors; Indirect effect; Induced volatiles; Invasive ant species; Terpene emissions

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; GAMMA-TERPINENE; MYRCENE; SABINENE; TERPENE; TERPINENE;

ANT; APHID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOTIC FACTOR; EVERGREEN TREE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGHT EFFECT; MONOTERPENE; SAPLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ANT; APHID; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; OAK; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALKENES; ANIMALS; ANTS; APHIDS; MONOTERPENES; QUERCUS;

APHIDIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ILEX; LACHNUS ROBORIS; LASIUS; LASIUS GRANDIS; LASIUS NEGLECTUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 77954310697     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9815-1     Document Type: Article

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