Experimental manipulation of floral scent bouquets restructures flower-visitor interactions in the field

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 396-408

  Larue, Anne Amélie C ^a   Raguso, Robert A ^b   Junker, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Floral extracts; Floral filters; Flower visitor partitioning; Olfactometer trials

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; NICHE PARTITIONING; OLFACTION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

FRAGRANCE;

ACHILLEA; ANIMAL; AUSTRIA; BEE; CIRSIUM; DIPTERA; FLOWER; GERMANY; OLFACTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION;

ACHILLEA; ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; BEES; CIRSIUM; DIPTERA; FLOWERS; GERMANY; ODORANTS; OLFACTOMETRY; POLLINATION;

EID: 84958907515     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12441     Document Type: Article

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