Chemical Ecology

Edited by : Jorg D. Hardege

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Hull, UK

1. Principles of Chemical Ecology

Jorg D. Hardege, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Hull, UK

Biosynthesis of Chemical Signals de novo Synthesis and Secondary Metabolites

Joanne G. Romagni, USDA-ARS, NPURU, USA

Inter- and Intraspecificity of Chemical Communication

Angel Guerrero, Dept. of Biological Organic Chem, Centro Investigacione y Dessarrollo, Spain

2. Allelopathy and Chemical Defence

Franz Hadacek, Comparative Phytochemistry, University of Vienna, Austria

Chemical Defense and Phytoalaxins in Plants

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Foraging and Food Choice in Phytophagous Insects

Reginald Frederick Chapman, Arizona Research Laboratories, Division of Neurobiology, University of Arizona, USA

Chemical Defence in Invertebrates

Julia Kubanek, School of Biology and School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Chemical Defence and Mammalian Herbivores

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Chemical Mimicry

Kenneth F. Haynes, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, USA

3. Chemical Ecology of Animal Interaction

Tristram Wyatt, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

Chemical Triggers in Breeding Cycles

Murray S. Blum, USA

Chemicals in Host-Parasite and Predator-Prey Relations

Carlos Lozano, Department of Agroecology and Plant Protection, Estacion Experimental del Zaidin, Consejo

Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain

Chemical Signals as Repellents, Attractants and Aggregation Stimulants

Baldwyn Torto, Dept. of Chemical Ecology, ICIPE, Kenya

Chemical Ecology of Plant-Animal Interactions

Miguel E. Alonso-Amelot, Grupo de Química Ecológica, Departamento de Química, Fracultad de Ciencias,

Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela

4. Chemical Ecology in Aquatic Ecosystems

The Ecological and Physiological Roles of Bacterial Cell-Cell Signalling

Michael Givskov, Department of Microbiology, The Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Staffan Kjelleberg, The Centre for Marine Biofouling and Bio-Innovation and The School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, The University of New South Wales, Australia

Scott A. Rice, The Centre for Marine Biofouling and Bio-Innovation and The School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, The University of New South Wales, Australia

Chemical Ecology of Marine Bacteria and Algae

Marc Slattery, Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, USA

Deborah J. Gochfeld, National Center for Natural Products Research, The University of Mississippi,, USA

Chemical Signals in Coral Reef Ecosystems

Monica Puyana, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Quimica, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia

Chemical Communication in Fish

Norman Edward Stacey, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada

B.W. Wisenden, Biology Department, Minnesota State University, Moorhead, USA

Peter William Sorensen, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, USA

5. Chemical Disruption of Biological Phenomena

Michael H. Depledge, Plymouth Environmental Research Centre, University of Plymouth, UK

Tamara S. Galloway, Plymouth Environmental Research Centre, University of Plymouth, UK

Enviromental Endocrine Disruption: Can the Endocrine Disruption Hypothesis be Validated in the Invertebrate Phyla?

Tamara S. Galloway, Plymouth Environmental Research Centre, University of Plymouth, UK

Michael H. Depledge, Plymouth Environmental Research Centre, University of Plymouth, UK

6. Chemical Signals in Vertebrates and Human Complexities

Chemical Ecology in Mustelids

Matthew John Davies, Aquatic Chemical Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Hull

University, UK

7. Applications of Chemical Ecology

Chemical Ecology and Pest Management

Tessa R. Grasswitz, School of Agriculture, Harper Adams

Chemical Ecology in Relation to Medicine and Pharmaceuticals

Julio A. Zygadlo, Department of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina

Raquel M. Gleiser, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, Louisiana State University, USA