Sex-dependent variation in the floral preferences of the hawkmoth Manduca sexta

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-296

  Alarcón, Ruben ^a   Riffell, Jeffrey A ^b   Davidowitz, Goggy ^c   Hildebrand, John G ^b   Bronstein, Judith L ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Agave palmeri; Datura wrightii; Hawkmoth foraging behaviour; Manduca sexta; Pollen load analysis; Pollination; Sex specific behaviour

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; FLORAL TRAIT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; MOTH; NECTAR; OVIPOSITION; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; RESOURCE USE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

AGAVACEAE; AGAVE; AGAVE PALMERI; DATURA; DATURA WRIGHTII; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MANDUCA SEXTA; SOLANACEAE; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 77954761751     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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