Does application of methyl jasmonate to birch mimic herbivory and attract insectivorous birds in nature?

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 143-153

  Mäntylä, Elina ^a,b   Blande, James D ^c   Klemola, Tero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Pinene; Avian predation; Herbivory; Methyl jasmonate; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BIRD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; LARVA; PLANT; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

FINLAND;

AVES; BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84896708156     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-014-9296-1     Document Type: Article

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