Plants often release a blend of volatile organic compounds in response to damage by
herbivorous insects that may serve as cues to locate those herbivores by natural enemies …

Information is characterized as the reduction of uncertainty and by a change in the state of a
receiving organism. Thus, organisms can acquire information about their environment that …

Trophic cascades—the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators—are an essential
aspect of ecosystem function and well-being. Trophic cascades are often drastically …

▪ Abstract Phytophagous insects and their natural enemies make up one of the largest and
most diverse groups of organisms on earth. Ecological processes, in particular negative …

Inducible defences allow plants to be phenotypically plastic. Inducible indirect defence of
plants by attracting carnivorous enemies of herbivorous arthropods can vary with plant …

Phenotypic plasticity enables invididuals to change their phenotype in response to their
environment. These phenotypic changes can affect many interactions between the members …

Kairomones are chemical signals that mediate interspecific interactions beneficial to
organisms that detect the cues. These attractants can be individual compounds or mixtures …

Indirect defence, the adaptive top‐down control of herbivores by plant traits that enhance
predation, is a central component of plant–herbivore interactions. However, the scope of …

Across the biosphere, rapid and accelerating changes in land use, climate and atmospheric
composition driven primarily by anthropogenic forces are known to exert major influences on …

This is the first book focusing on the chemoecology of insect eggs and egg deposition. It
covers a wide range of different issues including herbivorous and carnivorous insects, social …