Secondary metabolites in floral nectar reduce parasite infections in bumblebees

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1803, 2015, Pages

  Richardson, Leif L ^a,c   Adler, Lynn S ^b   Leonard, Anne S ^b,d   Andicoechea, Jonathan ^a,e   Regan, Karly H ^b,f   Anthony, Winston E ^b,g   Manson, Jessamyn S ^a,h   Irwin, Rebecca E ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Crithidia bombi; Parasitism; Plant secondary metabolites; Pollination; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANABASINE; GLYCOSIDE; NECTAR; TERPENE;

ALKALOID; BEE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; FLORA; HERBIVORY; NECTAR; PARASITE; PLANT DEFENSE; POPULATION GROWTH; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; BEE; CHEMISTRY; CRITHIDIA; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NECTAR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECONDARY METABOLISM;

ALKALOIDS; ANABASINE; ANIMALS; BEES; CHEMISTRY; CRITHIDIA; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GLYCOSIDES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT NECTAR; SECONDARY METABOLISM; TERPENES;

APOIDEA; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA BOMBI;

EID: 84923166229     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2471     Document Type: Article

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