Proc Biol Sci
2023 A nutrition-defence trade-off drives diet choice in a toxic plant generalist Functional and phylogenetic relationships link predators to plant diversity via trophic and non-trophic pathways Ants act as olfactory bio-detectors of tumours in patient-derived xenograft mice Neuromodulation and differential learning across mosquito species Tsetse flies (Glossina morsitans morsitans) choose birthing sites guided by substrate cues with no evidence for a role of pheromones Scent mark signal investment predicts fight dynamics in house mice 2022 Exploitation of an ancestral pheromone biosynthetic pathway contributes to diversification in Heliconius butterflies Immediate predation risk alters the relationship between potential and realised selection on male traits in the Trinidad guppy Poecilia reticulata Feather chemicals contain information about the major histocompatibility complex in a highly scented seabird Does scent attractiveness reveal women's ovulatory timing? Evidence from signal detection analyses and endocrine predictors of odour attractiveness Occupancy winners in tropical protected forests: a pantropical analysis The serotonin circuit that coordinates germline proliferation and egg laying with other reproductive functions in Caenorhabditis elegans The social transmission of stress in animal collectives Shifts in predator behaviour following climate induced disturbance on coral reefs Silencing Doublesex expression triggers three-level pheromonal feminization in Nasonia vitripennis males Volatile-mediated between-plant communication in Scots pine and the effects of elevated ozone 2021 Eusociality through conflict dissolution Evolution of honest reward signal in flowers From foraging trails to transport networks: how the quality-distance trade-off shapes network structure "After 15 years, no evidence for trophic cascades in marine protected areas" Coordination of movement via complementary interactions of leaders and followers in termite mating pairs Between the devil and the deep blue sea: herbivory induces foraging for and uptake of cadmium in a metal hyperaccumulating plant Extended and cumulative effects of experimentally induced intergroup conflict in a cooperatively breeding mammal Evolutionary loss of a signalling colour is linked to increased response to conspecific chemicals Evolutionary trade-offs between male secondary sexual traits revealed by a phylogeny of the hyperdiverse tribe Eumaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Animal lifestyle affects acceptable mass limits for attached tags Genomic regions associated with adaptation to predation in Daphnia often include members of expanded gene families Risk of herbivory negatively correlates with the diversity of volatile emissions involved in plant communication A sensory bias overrides learned preferences of bumblebees for honest signals in Mimulus guttatus Parasitic wasps avoid ant-protected hemipteran hosts via the detection of ant cuticular hydrocarbons "Predator-specific responses and emergent multi-predator effects on oviposition site choice in grey treefrogs, Hyla chrysoscelis" 2020 The extension of internal humidity levels beyond the soil surface facilitates mound expansion in Macrotermes Adapted dandelions trade dispersal for germination upon root herbivore attack The fruitless gene affects female receptivity and species isolation Environmental decomposition of olefinic cuticular hydrocarbons of Periplaneta americana generates a volatile pheromone that guides social behaviour Bacterial community richness shifts the balance between volatile organic compound-mediated microbe-pathogen and microbe-plant interactions "Sex pheromone biosynthesis, storage and release in a female moth: making a little go a long way" Sedimentation and overfishing drive changes in early succession and coral recruitment 2019 The multi-dimensional nature of information drives prioritization of private over social information in ants Honeybees possess a structurally diverse and functionally redundant set of queen pheromones Combined effects of mutualistic rhizobacteria counteract virus-induced suppression of indirect plant defences in soya bean Male black widows parasitize mate-searching effort of rivals to find females faster Toxins or medicines? Phytoplankton diets mediate host and parasite fitness in a freshwater system 2018 Ageing via perception costs of reproduction magnifies sexual selection "Bt rice plants may protect neighbouring non-Bt rice plants against the striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis" Indirect ecological effects interact with community genetic effects in a host-parasite system and dramatically reduce parasite burden "Bumblebees distinguish floral scent patterns, and can transfer these to corresponding visual patterns" Fitness consequences of threshold trait expression subject to environmental cues Cooperative defence operates by social modulation of biogenic amine levels in the honey bee brain "The evolution of sexual signal modes and associated sensor morphology in fireflies (Lampyridae, Coleoptera)" Antennal scales improve signal detection efficiency in moths Top carnivore decline has cascading effects on scavengers and carrion persistence 2017 Early social learning triggers neurogenomic expression changes in a swordtail fish Excavation and aggregation as organizing factors in de novo construction by mound-building termites "Anticipatory flexibility: larval population density in moths determines male investment in antennae, wings and testes" "Dung odours signal sex, age, territorial and oestrous state in white rhinos" "Multi-functional roles of a soldier-specific volatile as a worker arrestant, primer pheromone and an antimicrobial agent in a termite" Breaking the cipher: ant eavesdropping on the variational trail pheromone of its termite prey Plant defences limit herbivore population growth by changing predator-prey interactions Tetranychus urticae mites do not mount an induced immune response against bacteria Walking like an ant: a quantitative and experimental approach to understanding locomotor mimicry in the jumping spider Myrmarachne formicaria 2016 A computational approach to studying ageing at the individual level Dead ant walking: a myrmecophilous beetle predator uses parasitoid host location cues to selectively prey on parasitized ants Low doses of a neonicotinoid insecticide modify pheromone response thresholds of central but not peripheral olfactory neurons in a pest insect Seminal fluid of honeybees contains multiple mechanisms to combat infections of the sexually transmitted pathogen Nosema apis Synergistic interactions of ecosystem services: florivorous pest control boosts crop yield increase through insect pollination Sensory specificity and speciation: a potential neuronal pathway for host fruit odour discrimination in Rhagoletis pomonella Pollinator sharing and gene flow among closely related sympatric dioecious fig taxa 2015 A conserved class of queen pheromones? Re-evaluating the evidence in bumblebees (Bombus impatiens) Beyond species recognition: somatic state affects long-distance sex pheromone communication Ants adjust their pheromone deposition to a changing environment and their probability of making errors Composite collective decision-making Loss of Drosophila pheromone reverses its role in sexual communication in Drosophila suzukii Intraspecific facilitation by allelochemical mediated grazing protection within a toxigenic dinoflagellate population Cascading effects of induced terrestrial plant defences on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem function "Cross-generational impact of a male murine pheromone 2-sec-butyl-4,5- dihydrothiazole in female mice" Concurrent modulation of neuronal and behavioural olfactory responses to sex and host plant cues in a male moth Damsel in distress: captured damselfish prey emit chemical cues that attract secondary predators and improve escape chances Evolution of basal metabolic rate in bank voles from a multidirectional selection experiment Geographical matching of volatile signals and pollinator olfactory responses in a cycad brood-site mutualism Cry-wolf signals emerging from coevolutionary feedbacks in a tritrophic system Top-predator control-induced trophic cascades: an alternative hypothesis to the conclusion of Colman et al Selection on male sex pheromone composition contributes to butterfly reproductive isolation Sexual deception in a cannibalistic mating system? Testing the Femme Fatale hypothesis Predator experience overrides learned aversion to heterospecifics in stickleback species pairs Side-by-side secretion of Late Palaeozoic diverged courtship pheromones in an aquatic salamander The search for human pheromones: the lost decades and the necessity of returning to first principles 2014 Anatomical and functional analysis of domestication effects on the olfactory system of the silkmoth Bombyx mori Lethal control of an apex predator has unintended cascading effects on forest mammal assemblages Light intensity controls anti-predator defences in Daphnia: the suppression of life-history changes Drosophila adult and larval pheromones modulate larval food choice Honeybees (Apis mellifera) learn to discriminate the smell of organic compounds from their respective deuterated isotopomers Effects of ploidy and sex-locus genotype on gene expression patterns in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta Double meaning of courtship song in a moth Competition induces allelopathy but suppresses growth and anti-herbivore defence in a chemically rich seaweed Synergistic effects of direct and indirect defences on herbivore egg survival in a wild crucifer Strong links between genomic and anatomical diversity in both mammalian olfactory chemosensory systems Time flies: Time of day and social environment affect cuticular hydrocarbon sexual displays in Drosophila serrata Within-population variability in a moth sex pheromone blend: genetic basis and behavioural consequences Seasonality in communication and collective decision-making in ants 2013 Evidence for a receiver bias underlying female preference for a male mating pheromone in sea lamprey Fungal metabolic plasticity and sexual development mediate induced resistance to arthropod fungivory Facilitation and inhibition: changes in plant nitrogen and secondary metabolites mediate interactions between above-ground and below-ground herbivores Kin recognition affects plant communication and defence Inbreeding in horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) alters night-time volatile emissions that guide oviposition by Manduca sexta moths Host plant-driven sensory specialization in Drosophila erecta Jasmonates trigger prey-induced formation of 'outer stomach' in carnivorous sundew plants Active pollination favours sexual dimorphism in floral scent "Generalist insects behave in a jasmonate-dependent manner on their host plants, leaving induced areas quickly and staying longer on distant parts" Neural coding merges sex and habitat chemosensory signals in an insect herbivore Grazers: biocatalysts of terrestrial silica cycling Pest trade-offs in technology: reduced damage by caterpillars in Bt cotton benefits aphids Outcomes of co-infection by two potyviruses: implications for the evolution of manipulative strategies The scent of inbreeding: a male sex pheromone betrays inbred males 2012 Can insect egg deposition 'warn' a plant of future feeding damage by herbivorous larvae? Bioeconomic synergy between tactics for insect eradication in the presence of Allee effects "Floral volatiles, pollinator sharing and diversification in the fig-wasp mutualism: insights from Ficus natalensis, and its two wasp pollinators (South Africa)" Exploiting intraspecific competitive mechanisms to control invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina) Floral to green: mating switches moth olfactory coding and preference A new algorithm quantifies the roles of wind and midge flight activity in the bluetongue epizootic in northwest Europe Semiochemical compounds of preen secretion reflect genetic make-up in a seabird species Pre-adaptations and the evolution of pollination by sexual deception: Cope's rule of specialization revisited 2011 "How parasitoid females produce sexy sons: a causal link between oviposition preference, dietary lipids and mate choice in Nasonia" Of lemmings and snowshoe hares: the ecology of northern Canada Natural variation in Pristionchus pacificus dauer formation reveals cross-preference rather than self-preference of nematode dauer pheromones Odour signals major histocompatibility complex genotype in an Old World monkey Smelling wrong: hormonal contraception in lemurs alters critical female odour cues Parasitoids select plants more heavily infested with their caterpillar hosts: a new approach to aid interpretation of plant headspace volatiles Translating environmental gradients into discontinuous reaction norms via hormone signalling in a polyphenic butterfly The origin and dynamic evolution of chemical information transfer Smells like aphids: orchid flowers mimic aphid alarm pheromones to attract hoverflies for pollination Short-term phenotypic plasticity in long-chain cuticular hydrocarbons Trade-offs limiting the evolution of coloniality: ecological displacement rates used to measure small costs 2010 Beyond cuticular hydrocarbons: evidence of proteinaceous secretion specific to termite kings and queens Identification of an ant queen pheromone regulating worker sterility In search of the chemical basis for MHC odourtypes Antagonistic effects of floral scent in an insect-plant interaction The missing stink: sulphur compounds can mediate a shift between fly and wasp pollination systems Male-specific (Z)-9-tricosene stimulates female mating behaviour in the spider Pholcus beijingensis Sex-specific chemical cues from immatures facilitate the evolution of mate guarding in Heliconius butterflies Selfish strategies and honest signalling: reproductive conflicts in ant queen associations Plant green-island phenotype induced by leaf-miners is mediated by bacterial symbionts Spatial representation of alarm pheromone information in a secondary olfactory centre in the ant brain 2009 Female behaviour plays a critical role in controlling murine pregnancy block Noise improves collective decision-making by ants in dynamic environments Dietary-dependent trans-generational immune priming in an insect herbivore Chemical disguise as particular caste of host ants in the ant inquiline parasite Niphanda fusca (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) A chemical signal of offspring quality affects maternal care in a social insect "Brain organization mirrors caste differences, colony founding and nest architecture in paper wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)" Experimental evolution of a sexually selected display in yeast Flat lizard female mimics use sexual deception in visual but not chemical signals Reproductive competition in the bumble-bee Bombus terrestris: do workers advertise sterility? Social implications of the battle of the sexes: sexual harassment disrupts female sociality and social recognition Quantity matters: male sex pheromone signals mate quality in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis Social learning about egg-laying substrates in fruitflies Reward quality influences the development of learned olfactory biases in honeybees 2008 Exposure to pesticides impairs the expression of fish ornaments reducing the availability of attractive males Intraspecific variation in a generalist herbivore accounts for differential induction and impact of host plant defences "The Coolidge effect, individual recognition and selection for distinctive cuticular signatures in a burying beetle" Fossil oak galls preserve ancient multitrophic interactions Pheromones enhance somatosensory processing in newt brains through a vasotocin-dependent mechanism 2007 "Epidermal 'alarm substance' cells of fishes maintained by non-alarm functions: possible defence against pathogens, parasites and UVB radiation" "Enfleurage, lipid recycling and the origin of perfume collection in orchid bees" Ant semiochemicals limit apterous aphid dispersal The use of chemical and visual cues in female choice in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana Reconnaissance and latent learning in ants Spitting out information: Trigona bees deposit saliva to signal resource locations 2006 Insect odour perception: recognition of odour components by flower foraging moths Locating the barnacle settlement pheromone: spatial and ontogenetic expression of the settlement-inducing protein complex of Balanus amphitrite Bumble-bee foragers infected by a gut parasite have an impaired ability to utilize floral information A Drosophila male pheromone affects female sexual receptivity Maternal food provisioning in relation to condition-dependent offspring odours in burrower bugs (Sehirus cinctus) The human brain is a detector of chemosensorily transmitted HLA-class I-similarity in same- and opposite-sex relations Male-male pheromone signalling in a lekking Drosophila Symbiont modifies host life-history traits that affect gene flow Vitamin D supplementation increases the attractiveness of males' scent for female Iberian rock lizards Pheromone-sensitive glomeruli in the primary olfactory centre of ants 2005 Importance of climatological downscaling and plant phenology for red deer in heterogeneous landscapes Social learning of floral odours inside the honeybee hive A single mutation alters production and discrimination of Drosophila sex pheromones The pathogen causing Dutch elm disease makes host trees attract insect vectors 2004 "Managing the evolution of Bacillus thuringiensis resistance in natural populations of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis: host plant, host race and pherotype of adult males at aggregation sites" Concordant preferences for opposite-sex signals? Human pheromones and facial characteristics Inclusive fitness benefits of scent-marking predators Honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis) compete for producing queen-like pheromone signals Evidence that insect herbivores are deterred by ant pheromones The mode of pheromone evolution: evidence from bark beetles Queen-signal modulation of worker pheromonal composition in honeybees Pollinator attractiveness increases with distance from flowering orchids 2003 Evolution of sexual dimorphism in the olfactory brain of Hawaiian Drosophila Cuticular lipids as trail pheromone in a social wasp Pollinator attraction in a sexually deceptive orchid by means of unconventional chemicals Self-organized lane formation and optimized traffic flow in army ants The ownership signature in mouse scent marks is involatile "Pulsed mass recruitment by a stingless bee, Trigona hyalinata" The role of juvenile hormone in immune function and pheromone production trade-offs: a test of the immunocompetence handicap principle Reproductive strategies in snakes 2002 Gustatory sensilla sensitive to protein kairomones trigger host acceptance by an endoparasitoid Blending in with the crowd: social parasites integrate into their host colonies using a flexible chemical signature Hatching responses of subsocial spitting spiders to predation risk Do pheromones reveal male immunocompetence? How an orchid harms its pollinator Spatial organization of the glucosinolate-myrosinase system in brassica specialist aphids is similar to that of the host plant "Regulation of reproduction in a queenless ant: aggression, pheromones and reduction in conflict" "Volatiles from potato plants infected with potato leafroll virus attract and arrest the virus vector, Myzus persicae (Homoptera: Aphididae)" 2001 Reproductive suppression in female Damaraland mole-rats Cryptomys damarensis: dominant control or self-restraint? Transient post-mating inhibition of behavioural and central nervous responses to sex pheromone in an insect Primer effects of a brood pheromone on honeybee behavioural development Sexual conflict and the evolution of female mate choice and male social dominance 2000 Experimental tests of predation and food hypotheses for population cycles of voles Ants estimate area using Buffon's needle "Chemoreception, symmetry and mate choice in lizards" 1999 Positive identification of the puberty-accelerating pheromone of the house mouse: the volatile ligands associating with the major urinary protein 1998 Immunological studies on the settlement-inducing protein complex (SIPC) of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite and its possible involvement in larva-larva interactions 1996 Simultaneous influence on male courtship of stimulatory and inhibitory pheromones produced by live sex-mosaic Drosophila melanogaster 1990 Speculating about pyrazines