Context dependency of nectar reward-guided oviposition

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 112-122

  Kessler, Danny ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Datura wrightii; Flower; Herbivory; Lepidoptera; Manduca quinquemaculata; Nectar volume; Nicotiana attenuata; Pollination; Solanaceae; Sphingidae; Sugar concentration

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DICOTYLEDON; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FLOWER; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; MOTH; NECTAR; OVIPOSITION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SUGAR; SYMPATRY;

DATURA; DATURA WRIGHTII; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA; MANDUCA QUINQUEMACULATA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; SOLANACEAE; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 84862196888     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2012.01270.x     Document Type: Article

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