Signals used to attract mates are often conspicuous to predators and parasites, and their
evolution via sexual selection is expected to be opposed by viability selection. Many …

Chemical signals are omnipresent in sexual communication in the vast majority of living
organisms. The traditional paradigm was that their main purpose in sexual behaviour was to …

Communication involves complex behavior in multiple sensory channels, or “modalities.” We
provide an overview of multimodal communication and its costs and benefits, place …

▪ Abstract Insects of the order Hymenoptera are biologically and economically important
members of natural and agro ecosystems and exhibit diverse biologies, mating systems, and …

The ecology and behaviour of Nezara viridula, a highly polyphagous pest of many important
food and fibre crops, are reviewed under the following headings: geographical and host …

The purview of chemical ecology and the recent criticisms of improper application of theory
to bark beetle phenomena is briefly discussed. Seven levels of research in chemical ecology …

In many species of rodents, sense of smell is the most important source of information about
the social and nonsocial world. I selectively review the literature on chemical communication …

Sex pheromone communication in moths is a well investigated case of mate-finding by
chemical signals, but the evolutionary causes of the great complexity and diversity of these …

Insects display a staggering diversity of mating and social behaviours. Studying these
systems provides insights into a wide range of evolutionary and behavioural questions, such …

Moths are among the most speciose of insect groups, comprising perhaps 140 000 species,
despite their remarkably undiversified and almost exclusively phytophagous larval lifestyle …