Floral Scent Contributes to Interaction Specificity in Coevolving Plants and Their Insect Pollinators

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 955-965

  Friberg, Magne ^a,b   Schwind, Christopher ^a   Roark, Lindsey C ^a   Raguso, Robert A ^c   Thompson, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Diurnal rhythm; Geographic mosaics; Host specialization; Plant insect communication; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMOTAXIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EGG LAYING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLOWER; MOTH; ODOR; OLFACTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SAXIFRAGACEAE; SMELLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERAMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FLOWERS; MOTHS; ODORS; OLFACTOMETRY; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; OVIPOSITION; POLLINATION; SAXIFRAGACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84922072793     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-014-0497-y     Document Type: Article

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