Chemoecology

期刊简介：It is the aim of Chemoecology to promote and stimulate basic science in the field of chemical ecology by publishing research papers that integrate evolution and/or ecology and chemistry in an attempt to increase our understanding of the biological significance of natural products. Its scopes cover the evolutionary biology, mechanisms and chemistry of biotic interactions and the evolution and synthesis of the underlying natural products. Manuscripts on the evolution and ecology of trophic relationships, intra- and interspecific communication, competition, and other kinds of chemical communication in all types of organismic interactions will be considered suitable for publication. Ecological studies of trophic interactions will be considered also if they are based on the information of the transmission of natural products (e.g. fatty acids) through the food-chain. Chemoecology further publishes papers that relate to the evolution and ecology of interactions mediated by non-volatile compounds (e.g. adhesive secretions). Mechanistic approaches may include the identification, biosynthesis and metabolism of substances that carry information and the elucidation of receptor- and transduction systems using physiological, biochemical and molecular techniques. Papers describing the structure and functional morphology of organs involved in chemical communication will also be considered.

【译文】化学生态学的目标是通过对整合进化、生态学和化学的研究论文进行出版，以促进和刺激化学生态学领域的基础科学研究，从而增加我们对天然产物生物学意义的理解。其范围包括生物相互作用的进化生物学、机制和化学，以及相关天然产物的进化和合成。关于营养关系的进化与生态学、种内和种间通讯、竞争以及其他类型的化学通讯在所有类型的有机体相互作用中的论文将被考虑适合发表。如果基于天然产物（如脂肪酸）通过食物链传递的信息进行生态学研究，也将考虑发表。化学生态学还发表与通过非挥发性化合物（如粘性分泌物）介导的相互作用进化和生态学相关的论文。机制方法可能包括携带信息的物质的身份识别、生物合成和代谢，以及使用生理学、生化技术和分子技术阐明受体和转导系统。描述参与化学通讯的器官的结构和功能形态的论文也将被考虑。