Floral scents: their roles in nursery pollination mutualisms

Martine Hossaert‐McKey1, Catherine Soler1, Bertrand Schatz1, Magali Proffit2
1Centre d’Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE), UMR 5175 CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier, France
2Chemical Ecology Group, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Alnarp, Sweden

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