Advertising to the enemy: Enhanced floral fragrance increases beetle attraction and reduces plant reproduction

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 430-435

  Theis, Nina ^a,b   Adler, Lynn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Biology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucurbits; Diabrocticite beetles; Floral volatiles; Florivore; Pollination; Squash

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEETLE; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; MATE LOCATION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEED PRODUCTION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWER; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SQUASH;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUCURBITA; FLOWERS; ODORS; REPRODUCTION;

COLEOPTERA; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. TEXANA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84860237239     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0825.1     Document Type: Article

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