Caught between Parasitoids and Predators - Survival of a Specialist Herbivore on Leaves and Flowers of Mustard Plants

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 621-631

  Lucas Barbosa, Dani ^a   Poelman, Erik H ^a   Aartsma, Yavanna ^a   Snoeren, Tjeerd A L ^a,b   van Loon, Joop J A ^a   Dicke, Marcel ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Nickerson Zwaan BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Florivory; Foraging behavior; Herbivore induced plant volatiles; Parasitic wasps; Social wasps

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; FLOWER; GENERALIST; LEAF; MOVEMENT; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREDATION RISK; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIALIST; SURVIVAL; VEGETABLE; WASP;

ANIMAL; BUTTERFLY; EGG LAYING; FLOWER; HERBIVORY; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MORTALITY; MUSTARD; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; WASP;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; FLOWERS; HERBIVORY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MORTALITY; MUSTARD PLANT; OVIPOSITION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WASPS;

EID: 84904188977     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-014-0454-9     Document Type: Article

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