Plants, animals and microorganisms are constantly communicating via chemical signals. A research team has now shown that these signals merge in the environment to form complex ‘chemical landscapes’ th...

Background Plants are exposed to various environmental challenges. Especially with ongoing climate change, droughts and insect outbreaks are expected to become more frequent. Plant responses to these ...

Plants face various environmental stresses, to which they respond in different ways. Due to climate change, it is expected that plants will encounter increased phases of drought and changes in herbiv...

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This study investigated the organ-specific metabolic response of black poplar to feeding by generalist Lymantria dispar caterpillars using targeted and non-targeted metabolomics.

An endophytic fungus of the genus Cladosporium fungus which lives inside the leaves of black poplar, not only increases the production of defensive substances in the trees, but also produces an alkalo...

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Plant maternal effects and growth environment, rather than terpenoid chemotype, determine the leaf microbial community of Tanacetum vulgare, but specific terpenoids are correlated with the abundance ...

<div>The Department of Chemical Ecology investigates the role of natural products that are involved in communication between individuals of the ...

Our study provides novel insights into trait-specific sensitivity to nutritional stress across sex and life stages. By integrating life-history, behaviour and metabolism, we explore mechanisms on an ...

See also the Commentary on this article by Speed & Ruxton, 245: 924–926.