Hyperparasitoids Use Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles to Locate Their Parasitoid Host

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Poelman, Erik H ^a   Bruinsma, Maaike ^a,b   Zhu, Feng ^a   Weldegergis, Berhane T ^a   Boursault, Aline E ^a   Jongema, Yde ^a   van Loon, Joop J A ^a   Vet, Louise E M ^a,c   Harvey, Jeffrey A ^c   Dicke, Marcel ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA OLERACEA; CATERPILLAR; FOOD CHAIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; HOST; HYPERPARASITOID; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; ODOR; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PLANT DAMAGE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT RESPONSE; WASP;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BRASSICA; BUTTERFLIES; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HERBIVORY; LARVA; MALE; ODORS; OVIPOSITION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; VOLATILIZATION; WASPS;

HEXAPODA; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 84870279235     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001435     Document Type: Article

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