Prey perception of predation risk: volatile chemical cues mediate non-consumptive effects of a predator on a herbivorous insect

Oecologia

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 669-676

  Hermann, Sara L ^a   Thaler, Jennifer S ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado potato beetle; Non consumptive effects; Predator prey interaction; Spined soldier bug; Trait mediated indirect effect; Tri trophic interaction

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BEETLE; HERBIVORY; INSECT; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RISK FACTOR; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VISUAL CUE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; PENTATOMIDAE; PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; BEETLE; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; HETEROPTERA; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RISK; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMELLING; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CUES; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; HETEROPTERA; LARVA; MALE; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84919461440     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3069-5     Document Type: Article

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