Multivariate statistics coupled to generalized linear models reveal complex use of chemical cues by a parasitoid

• Published in: Animal behaviour Vol. 77; no. 4; pp. 901 - 909
• Main Authors: Pareja, Martín, Mohib, Abdul, Birkett, Michael A., Dufour, Samuel, Glinwood, Robert T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2009; Elsevier; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Ltd
• Subjects: Acyrthosiphon pisum; Agricultural Science; Alfalfa; Animal cognition; Animal ethology; Aphididae; Aphidius ervi; Bioassays; Biological and medical sciences; compositional analysis; foraging behaviour; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; induced defence; Insects; Jordbruksvetenskap; Medicago sativa; Multivariate analysis; Plant species; plant volatile; Predation; Principal components analysis; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; semiochemical; Studies; tritrophic interaction; Vicia faba; tritrophic interaction; foraging behaviour; induced defence; Medicago sativa; semiochemical; Aphidius ervi; Vicia faba; compositional analysis; Acyrthosiphon pisum; plant volatile; Generalized linear model; Insecta; Tritrophic system; Induced defense; Homoptera; Entomophagous; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Aphididae; Braconidae; Chemical stimulus; Volatile compound; Aphidoidea; Statistical analysis; Foraging behavior; Statistics; Parasitoid; Leguminosae; Arthropoda; Spermatophyta; Hymenoptera; Invertebrata; Semiochemicals

Understanding how animals integrate multiple cues, in particular complex mixtures of volatile chemicals, is a subject of current interest. Insect behavioural responses to volatile blends have traditionally been analysed separately to the changes in blends themselves, making it difficult to link beha...