Pollinator attraction of the wasp-flower Scrophularia umbrosa (Scrophulariaceae)

Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 500-505

  Brodmann, J ^a   Emer, D ^a   Ayasse, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electroantennography; Green leaf volatiles; Optical and olfactory floral cues; Pollinator attraction; Vespula vulgaris; Wasp

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HERB; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SCROPHULARIACEAE; WASP;

ANIMALS; FLOWERS; HERBIVORY; PLANT LEAVES; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SCROPHULARIA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASPS;

EPIPACTIS HELLEBORINE; SCROPHULARIA; SCROPHULARIA NODOSA; SCROPHULARIA UMBROSA; SCROPHULARIACEAE; VESPULA VULGARIS;

EID: 84859424750     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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