To study costs and benefits of alarm communication it is mandatory to link alarm signaling to prey and predator behavior. In the present PhD thesis, emission dynamics of the aphid alarm pheromone (
E)-ß-farnesene were investigated by a combination of laboratory and field experiments, revealing the complex nature of aphid alarm signaling in predator-prey interaction. On the example of the pea aphid
Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris, this thesis contributes to the understanding of alarm communication in insects.
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To study costs and benefits of alarm communication it is mandatory to link alarm signaling to prey and predator behavior. In the present PhD thesis, emission dynamics of the aphid alarm pheromone (
E)-ß-farnesene were investigated by a combination of laboratory and field experiments, revealing the complex nature of aphid alarm signaling in predator-prey interaction. On the example of the pea aphid
Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris, this thesis contributes to the understanding of alarm communication in i...
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