Insect attraction to herbivore-induced beech volatiles under different forest management regimes

Oecologia

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 569-580

  Gossner, Martin M ^a,b   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^a,b   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^c   Unsicker, Sybille B ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fagus sylvatica; Indirect defense; Lymantria dispar; Parasitoid; Predator

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INSECT; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURAL ENEMY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION;

EUROPE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; HEXAPODA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

INSECT ATTRACTANTS; PHEROMONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; BEECH; CHEMISTRY; FOREST; FORESTRY; GERMANY; HERBIVORY; LARVA; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREE;

ANIMALS; FAGUS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GERMANY; HERBIVORY; LARVA; MOTHS; PHEROMONES; TREES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84907726145     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3025-4     Document Type: Article

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