Because most plants rely on animals for pollination, insights from animal sensory ecology
and behavior are essential for understanding the evolution of flowers. In this review, we …

Volatile plant secondary metabolites are detected by the highly sensitive olfactory system
employed by insects to locate suitable plants as hosts and to avoid unsuitable hosts …

Plants synthesize a multitude of compounds that contribute to adaptation to their ecological
niches. Such compounds serve as attractants of other living organisms beneficial to the …

The evolution of flowering plants has undoubtedly been influenced by a pollinator's ability to
learn to associate floral signals with food. Here, we address the question of 'why'flowers …

Mosquitoes are important vectors of disease and require sources of carbohydrates for
reproduction and survival. Unlike host-related behaviors of mosquitoes, comparatively less …

Pollinators use their sense of smell to locate flowers from long distances, but little is known
about how they are able to discriminate their target odor from a mélange of other natural and …

The simplicity and accessibility of the olfactory systems of insects underlie a body of
research essential to understanding not only olfactory function but also general principles of …

Floral isolation is a form of prepollination reproductive isolation mediated by floral
morphology (morphological isolation) and pollinator behavior (ethological isolation). Here …

Abstract Background and Aims Many recent studies show that plant–pollinator interaction
webs exhibit consistent structural features such as long-tailed distributions of the degree of …

Animals adjust their behaviour in response to complex environmental conditions. This form
of plasticity requires the formation of association between information and an appropriate …