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| Title |
Gall volatiles defend aphids against a browsing mammal
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, September 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-13-193 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael Rostás, Daniel Maag, Makihiko Ikegami, Moshe Inbar |
| Abstract |
Plants have evolved an astonishing array of survival strategies. To defend against insects, for example, damaged plants emit volatile organic compounds that attract the herbivore's natural enemies. So far, plant volatile responses have been studied extensively in conjunction with leaf chewing and sap sucking insects, yet little is known about the relationship between plant volatiles and gall-inducers, the most sophisticated herbivores. Here we describe a new role for volatiles as gall-insects were found to benefit from this plant defence. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 31% |
| Australia | 1 | 8% |
| Mexico | 1 | 8% |
| India | 1 | 8% |
| Japan | 1 | 8% |
| France | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 4 | 31% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 62% |
| Scientists | 4 | 31% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 76 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 3% |
| China | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 73 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 21 | 28% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 14 | 18% |
| Unknown | 12 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 43 | 57% |
| Environmental Science | 12 | 16% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 1% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 15 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 August 2017.
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#2,182,722
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#547
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#18,787
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#19
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So far Altmetric has tracked 3,714 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 12.5. This one has done well, scoring higher than 85% of its peers.
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