Nectar Theft and Floral Ant-Repellence: A Link between Nectar Volume and Ant-Repellent Traits?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Ballantyne, Gavin ^a   Willmer, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANGIOSPERM; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRAIT; LIFE CYCLE; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PLEIOTROPY; POLLINATION; PREDATION; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTS; FLOWERS; INSECT REPELLENTS; PLANT NECTAR; PLANTS; POLLINATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84865588807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043869     Document Type: Article

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