Innate Adjustment of Visitation Behavior to Rewarding and Reward-Minimized Petunia axillaris (Solanacea) Plants by Hawkmoth Manduca sexta (Sphingidae)

Ethology

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 654-661

  Brandenburg, Anna ^a,b   Kuhlemeier, Cris ^b   Bshary, Redouan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DICOTYLEDON; FITNESS; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INNATE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MOTH; MUTUALISM; NECTAR; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MANDUCA SEXTA; PETUNIA; PETUNIA AXILLARIS; SOLANACEAE; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 84862260841     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2012.02055.x     Document Type: Article

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