Nectar chemistry mediates the behavior of parasitized bees: Consequences for plant fitness

Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 325-337

  Richardson, Leif L ^a,c   Bowers, M Deane ^b   Irwin, Rebecca E ^a,d  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bees; Iridoid glycosides; Multispecies interactions; Parasitism; Parasitoids; Pollination; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; ATTRACTANT; BEE; CONSPECIFIC; FITNESS; FLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GLUCOSE; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; NECTAR; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PROTOZOAN; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); CHELONE GLABRA; PROTOZOA;

IRIDOID; NECTAR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEE; CHEMISTRY; DIPTERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NECTAR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTAGINACEAE; POLLINATION; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIPTERA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IRIDOID GLYCOSIDES; MALE; PLANT NECTAR; PLANTAGINACEAE; POLLINATION; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

EID: 84960916401     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/15-0263.1     Document Type: Article

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