Too low to kill: Concentration of the secondary metabolite ranunculin in buttercup pollen does not affect bee larval survival

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 996-1002

  Sedivy, Claudio ^a   Piskorski, Rafal ^a,b   Müller, Andreas ^a   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Innovative Environmental Services (IES) Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chelostoma; Heriades; Megachilidae; Osmiini; Plant defense; Pollen; Protoanemonin; Ranunculin; Ranunculus

Indexed keywords

FURAN DERIVATIVE; METHYLGLYCOSIDE; PROTOANEMONIN; RANUNCULIN;

BEE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DICOTYLEDON; FLOWER VISITING; LARVA; MORTALITY; PLANT DEFENSE; POLLEN; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SPECIALIST; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LARVA; METABOLISM; POLLEN; RANUNCULACEAE;

ANIMALS; BEES; FURANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LARVA; METHYLGLYCOSIDES; POLLEN; RANUNCULUS;

APOIDEA; ASTERACEAE; CAMPANULA; CHELOSTOMA; CHELOSTOMA FLORISOMNE; CHELOSTOMA RAPUNCULI; HERIADES; MEGACHILIDAE; OSMIINI; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS; RANUNCULUS ACRIS;

EID: 84870868362     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0153-3     Document Type: Article

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