Seed dispersal: Hungry hornets are unexpected and effective vectors

Abstract

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.

Published in

Current Biology
2022, volume: 32, number: 15, pages: R836-R838
Publisher: CELL PRESS

SLU Authors

• Bohman, Björn

  • Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Australian National University
  • University of Western Australia

Associated SLU-program

SLU Forest Damage Center

UKÄ Subject classification

Biochemicals
Botany
Zoology

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.092

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/119086