Seed dispersal: Hungry hornets are unexpected and effective vectors

Autor:	Rod Peakall, Björn Bohman
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Seed Dispersal Seeds Wasps Animals Forests General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Ecosystem General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology
Zdroj:	Current Biology. 32:R836-R838
ISSN:	0960-9822
DOI:	10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.092
Popis:	A new study finds that, in the forests of tropical China, hungry hornets are lured to the fruits of Aquilaria sinensis by highly volatile compounds structurally similar to volatiles from herbivore-damaged leaves. The hornets disperse the short-lived seeds rapidly to optimal new habitats.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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