| Title: | The Power of Infochemicals in Mediating Individualized Niches |
| Author(s): | Muller C; Caspers BA; Gadau J; Kaiser S; |
| Address: | "Chemical Ecology, Bielefeld University, Universitatsstr. 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany. Electronic address: caroline.mueller@uni-bielefeld.de. Behavioral Ecology, Bielefeld University, Konsequenz 45, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany. Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Munster, Hufferstrasse 1, 48149 Munster, Germany. Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Munster, Badestr. 13, 48149 Munster, Germany" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tree.2020.07.001 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1872-8383 (Electronic) 0169-5347 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Infochemicals, including hormones, pheromones, and allelochemicals, play a central role in mediating information and shaping interactions within and between individuals. Due to their high plasticity, infochemicals are predestined mediators in facilitating individualized niches of organisms. Only recently it has become clear that individual differences are essential to understand how and why individuals realize a tiny subset of the species' niche. Moreover, individual differences have a central role in both ecological adjustment and evolutionary adaptation in a rapidly changing world. Here we highlight that infochemicals act as key signals or cues and empower the realization of the individualized niche through three proposed processes: niche choice, niche conformance, and niche construction" |
| Keywords: | "Adaptation, Physiological *Biological Evolution *Ecosystem Humans Pheromones allelochemicals ecological niche hormones individualization semiochemicals;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineMuller, Caroline Caspers, Barbara A Gadau, Jurgen Kaiser, Sylvia eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review England 2020/07/30 Trends Ecol Evol. 2020 Nov; 35(11):981-989. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.07.001. Epub 2020 Jul 26" |
