title: Improving our chemistry: challenges and opportunities in the interdisciplinary study of floral volatiles.
abstract: The field of chemical ecology was established, in large part, through collaborative studies between biologists and chemists with common interests in the mechanisms that mediate chemical communication in ecological and evolutionary contexts. Pollination is one highly diverse and important category of such interactions, and there is growing evidence that floral volatiles play important roles in mediating pollinator behaviour and its consequences for plant reproductive ecology and evolution. Here we outline next-generation questions emerging in the study of plants and pollinators, and discuss the potential for strengthening collaboration between biologists and chemists in answering such questions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, 215 Tower Road, Ithaca, 14853, NY, USA. rar229@cornell.edu.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Raguso
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D004463:Ecology; D035264:Flowers / Q000502:physiology*; D058025:Interdisciplinary Studies; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry; D054817:Pollination / Q000502:physiology*; D012098:Reproduction; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds
chemical_list: D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds