Traditional community ecology focuses on the nutruitional relations at the levels of food chain or food web,while chemical ecology focuses on the communication among organisms based on chemical information.The full in...Traditional community ecology focuses on the nutruitional relations at the levels of food chain or food web,while chemical ecology focuses on the communication among organisms based on chemical information.The full integration between these two fields will improve our understanding of insect behaviors.This paper reviews infochemicals from different sources and their interactions that affect insect behaviors in natural ecosystems.展开更多
The microalga Phaeocystis globosa is recognized as a harmful alga and also one of the few keystone phytoplankton genera that shape the structure and function of marine ecosystems.P.globosa possess a complex polymorphi...The microalga Phaeocystis globosa is recognized as a harmful alga and also one of the few keystone phytoplankton genera that shape the structure and function of marine ecosystems.P.globosa possess a complex polymorphic life cycle,exhibiting phase alternation between free-living cells of approximately 3-6μm in diameter and gelatinous colonies(palmelloid stage)reaching several millimeters.The knowledge on the factors that induced the morphological transition of P.globosa in the last two decades was reviewed.Emphasis is given to infochemicals,an additional biological factor induced by predator,with the attempt to reveal a relevant mechanism of induced morphological defense.展开更多
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(31071972).
文摘Traditional community ecology focuses on the nutruitional relations at the levels of food chain or food web,while chemical ecology focuses on the communication among organisms based on chemical information.The full integration between these two fields will improve our understanding of insect behaviors.This paper reviews infochemicals from different sources and their interactions that affect insect behaviors in natural ecosystems.
基金Supported by the Key Deployment Project of Center for Ocean Mega-Science,Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.COMS2019R04)the National Overseas High-level Talent Project,Taishan Scholar Program from Shandong Province of China(No.tsqn20190403)the Shuangbai Plan from Yantai City(No.2018020)。
文摘The microalga Phaeocystis globosa is recognized as a harmful alga and also one of the few keystone phytoplankton genera that shape the structure and function of marine ecosystems.P.globosa possess a complex polymorphic life cycle,exhibiting phase alternation between free-living cells of approximately 3-6μm in diameter and gelatinous colonies(palmelloid stage)reaching several millimeters.The knowledge on the factors that induced the morphological transition of P.globosa in the last two decades was reviewed.Emphasis is given to infochemicals,an additional biological factor induced by predator,with the attempt to reveal a relevant mechanism of induced morphological defense.
