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