Chemical ecology, the study of chemically mediated species interactions, is an exciting and rapidly growing area of research. Recent advances involve the understanding of chemical mechanisms of interactions in the context of field experiments. This linkage is yielding fascinating insights into 1) the natural history of chemically mediated species interactions (i.e., the series of papers on chem...

1 Group of Evolutionary Ecology and Genetics, Biodiversity Research Centre, Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 2 Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Gembloux, Belgium 3 Laboratory of Zoology, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium 4 Insect Symbiosis Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecolog...

The intra-specific diversity in secondary metabolites can provide crucial information for understanding species ecology and evolution but has received limited attention in marine chemical ecology. The complex nature of diversity is partially responsible for the lack of studies, which often target a narrow number of major compounds. Here, we investigated the intra-specific chemical diversity of ...

these two disciplines, namely Biological Chemistry, Yuh-Nung Jan Chemical Ecology, Bio-organic Chemistry and most reDepartments of Physiology and Biochemistry cently Chemical Biology. Biochemistry departments are Howard Hughes Medical Institute prolific and can be found in medical schools, as basic University of California, San Francisco science departments, and even as divisions within ChemSan...

1Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), University of Ghent, 9000 Ghent, Belgium 2Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM), University of Bologna, 40131 Bologna, Italy 3Department of Chemistry, UCBIO-Requimte, Faculty of Science&Technology, NewUniversity of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal 4Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering and Envi...

a Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Évolution, UMR 7205-CNRS-OSEB, 45 rue Buffon, Paris, France b Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, UMR 7204-CNRS-UPMC, 55–61 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France c Mathematical Ecology Research Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, U...

This Highlight covers the chemical ecology of bryozoans, primarily the ecological functions of bryozoan natural products. The Highlight is arranged taxonomically, according to the bryozoan Treatise classification (P. Bock, Bryozoa Homepage, 2006, http://bryozoa.net).

Yeasts, bacteria and filamentous fungi all contribute to the microbial ecology of wine production and the chemical composition of wine, although yeasts play the dominant role because they drive alcoholic fermentation [18]. Many factors affect the microbial ecology of wine production, of which the chemical composition of the grape juice and the fermentation processes are the most significant. In...