| Title: | The smell of environmental change: Using floral scent to explain shifts in pollinator attraction |
| Address: | "Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717 USA. Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 1648 S. 7th Avenue, Bozeman, Montana 59717 USA" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2168-0450 (Print) 2168-0450 (Electronic) 2168-0450 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "As diverse environmental changes continue to influence the structure and function of plant-pollinator interactions across spatial and temporal scales, we will need to enlist numerous approaches to understand these changes. Quantitative examination of floral volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is one approach that is gaining popularity, and recent work suggests that floral VOCs hold substantial promise for better understanding and predicting the effects of environmental change on plant-pollinator interactions. Until recently, few ecologists were employing chemical approaches to investigate mechanisms by which components of environmental change may disrupt these essential mutualisms. In an attempt to make these approaches more accessible, we summarize the main field, laboratory, and statistical methods involved in capturing, quantifying, and analyzing floral VOCs in the context of changing environments. We also highlight some outstanding questions that we consider to be highly relevant to making progress in this field" |
| Keywords: | climate change flower headspace sampling multivariate analysis plant-pollinator interactions volatiles; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEBurkle, Laura A Runyon, Justin B eng 2017/07/12 Appl Plant Sci. 2017 Jun 5; 5(6):apps.1600123. doi: 10.3732/apps.1600123. eCollection 2017 Jun" |
