An arthropod deterrent attracts specialised bees to their host plants

Oecologia

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 727-736

  Burger, Hannah ^a   Dötterl, Stefan ^b   Häberlein, Christopher M ^c   Schulz, Stefan ^c   Ayasse, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,4 Benzoquinone; Echium (Boraginaceae); Floral scent; Hoplitis adunca (Megachilidae); Host plant recognition

Indexed keywords

BENZOQUINONE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; INSECT REPELLENT;

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; BEE; DICOTYLEDON; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; POLLEN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; BORAGINACEAE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHIUM; FEMALE; FLOWER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZOQUINONES; BORAGINACEAE; ECHIUM; FEMALE; FLOWERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECT REPELLENTS;

APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; BORAGINACEAE; ECHIUM; HEXAPODA; HOPLITIS; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 84856806635     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2136-4     Document Type: Article

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