Attracting mutualists and antagonists: Plant trait variation explains the distribution of specialist floral herbivores and pollinators on crops and wild gourds

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1314-1322

  Theis, Nina ^a   Barber, Nicholas A ^b   Gillespie, Sandra D ^c   Hazzard, Ruth V ^d   Adler, Lynn S ^d  

^a Division of Humanities and Fine Arts   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumber beetles; Cucurbita; Cucurbitacins; Cucurbitoideae; Defense; Fragrance; Herbivore; Squash bees; Terpenoids; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEETLE; CROP PLANT; MUTUALISM; PLANT DEFENSE; SPECIALIST; VINE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WILD POPULATION;

CUCURBITACIN; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; BEETLE; CROP; CUCURBITACEAE; ECOLOGY; FLOWER; HERBIVORY; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POLLINATION; SQUASH; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITACEAE; CUCURBITACINS; ECOLOGY; FLOWERS; HERBIVORY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; POLLINATION; SESQUITERPENES; SYMBIOSIS; TERPENES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84907328148     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1400171     Document Type: Article

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