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First published online November 24, 2003
Journal of Experimental Biology 207, 87-94 (2004)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2004
doi: 10.1242/jeb.00733
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Learning, odour preference and flower foraging in moths

John Paul Cunningham1,*, Chris J. Moore2, Myron P. Zalucki1 and Stuart A. West3

1 Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane 4072, Australia
2 Department of Primary Industries, Yeerongpilly, Brisbane 4105, Australia
3 I.C.A.P.B., University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK



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  		Fig. 1. Odour augmentation of tobacco flowers in Experiment 2. (A) Corolla tube partially removed to display the location of the additional single odour (1) and sucrose feeding site (2) in augmented flowers. (B) Standardised inflorescence used in conditioning trials and preference tests.

 


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  		Fig. 2. The mean proportions of insects in Experiment 2 that selected tobacco flowers augmented with {alpha}-pinene in each treatment group. Moths had been conditioned on flowers augmented with either {alpha}-pinene (pinene), phenylacetaldehyde (aldehyde) or no extra volatiles. Corresponding proportions of insects selecting flowers augmented with phenylacetaldehyde are 1-mean proportions shown for each treatment. Common letters above bars denote significance of differences between treatments (G-test, GLIM): a, P<0.001; b, P<0.005. Values are means ± S.E.M.

 




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