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Volatile organic compounds influence prey composition in Sarracenia carnivorous plants by Dupont, Corentin, Buatois, Bruno, Bessiere, Jean-Marie, Villemant, Claire, Hattermann, Tom, Gomez, Doris, Gaume, Laurence

“…Sarracenia pitcher plants display interspecific differences in prey, so far only explained by pitcher morphology. We hypothesized that pitcher odours play a…”
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Individual Odor Recognition in Birds: An Endogenous Olfactory Signature on Petrels' Feathers by Bonadonna, Francesco, Miguel, Eve, Grosbois, Vladimir, Jouventin, Pierre, Bessiere, Jean-Marie

“…A growing body of evidence indicates that odors are used in individual, sexual, and species recognition in vertebrates, and may be reliable signals of quality…”
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Diversity of the Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by 55 Species of Tropical Trees: a Survey in French Guiana by Courtois, Elodie A, Paine, C. E. Timothy, Blandinieres, Pierre-Alain, Stien, Didier, Bessiere, Jean-Marie, Houel, Emeline, Baraloto, Christopher, Chave, Jerome

“…Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are produced by a broad range of organisms, from bacteria to mammals, and they represent a vast chemical diversity. In…”
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Human Skin Volatiles: A Review by Dormont, Laurent, Bessière, Jean-Marie, Cohuet, Anna

“…Odors emitted by human skin are of great interest to biologists in many fields; applications range from forensic studies to diagnostic tools, the design of…”
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Odors and cancer: Current status and future directions by Gouzerh, Flora, Bessière, Jean-Marie, Ujvari, Beata, Thomas, Frédéric, Dujon, Antoine M., Dormont, Laurent

“…Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world. Because tumors detected at early stages are easier to treat, the search for biomarkers—especially…”
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New methods for field collection of human skin volatiles and perspectives for their application in the chemical ecology of human-pathogen-vector interactions by Dormont, Laurent, Bessière, Jean-Marie, McKey, Doyle, Cohuet, Anna

“…Odours emitted by human skin are of great interest to biologists in many fields, with practical applications in forensics, health diagnostic tools and the…”
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Effects of Cymbopogon nardus (L.) W. Watson essential oil on the growth and morphogenesis of Aspergillus niger by de Billerbeck, V G, Roques, C G, Bessière, J M, Fonvieille, J L, Dargent, R

“…The growth inhibitory effect of Cymbopogon nardus (L.) W. Watson var. nurdus essential oil on Aspergillus niger (Van Tieghem) mycelium was determined on agar…”
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Private channel: a single unusual compound assures specific pollinator attraction in Ficus semicordata by Chen, Chun, Song, Qishi, Proffit, Magali, Bessière, Jean-Marie, Li, Zongbo, Hossaert-McKey, Martine

“…1. Floral scents have been suggested to play a key role in the obligate pollination mutualism between figs and fig wasps. However, few studies have determined…”
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The Scent of Life: Phoretic Nematodes Use Wasp Volatiles and Carbon Dioxide to Choose Functional Vehicles for Dispersal by Gupta, Satyajeet, Kumble, Anusha L. K., Dey, Kaveri, Bessière, Jean-Marie, Borges, Renee M.

“…Hitchhikers (phoretic organisms) need vehicles to disperse out of unsuitable habitats. Therefore, finding vehicles with the right functional attributes is…”
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Flower color polymorphism in Iris lutescens (Iridaceae): Biochemical analyses in light of plant–insect interactions by Wang, Hui, Conchou, Lucie, Bessière, Jean-Marie, Cazals, Guillaume, Schatz, Bertrand, Imbert, Eric

“…The different accumulation of delphinidin derivatives is mainly responsible for flower color difference between purple- and yellow-flowered I. lutescens, while…”
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Evidence for intersexual chemical mimicry in a dioecious plant by Soler, Catherine C. L., Proffit, Magali, Bessière, Jean-Marie, Hossaert-McKey, Martine, Schatz, Bertrand

“…The dioecious Mediterranean fig, Ficus carica, displays a unique phenology in which males sometimes bloom synchronously with females (in summer), and sometimes…”
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Fungus-Farming Termites Selectively Bury Weedy Fungi that Smell Different from Crop Fungi by Katariya, Lakshya, Ramesh, Priya B., Gopalappa, Thejashwini, Desireddy, Sathish, Bessière, Jean-Marie, Borges, Renee M.

“…Mutualistic associations such as the fungal farms of insects are prone to parasitism and are consequently vulnerable to attack by weeds and pests. Therefore,…”
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Can fine-scale post-pollination variation of fig volatile compounds explain some steps of the temporal succession of fig wasps associated with Ficus racemosa? by Proffit, Magali, Bessière, Jean-Marie, Schatz, Bertrand, Hossaert-McKey, Martine

“…Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by flowers play an essential role in mediating the attraction of pollinators. However, they also attract other…”
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Innate olfactory preferences in dung beetles by Dormont, Laurent, Jay-Robert, Pierre, Bessière, Jean-Marie, Rapior, Sylvie, Lumaret, Jean-Pierre

“…The effects of insect larval diet on adult olfactory responses to host-plant or food volatiles are still debated. The induction of adult host preferences has…”
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Sources of floral scent variation in the food-deceptive orchid Orchis mascula by Dormont, Laurent, Fort, Thomas, Bessière, Jean-Marie, Proffit, Magali, Garcia Hidalgo, Esther, Buatois, Bruno, Schatz, Bertrand

“…Intraspecific variation of floral signals, and particularly floral scent, is widespread in orchid species. Pollinator-mediated selection is often hypothesized…”
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Geographical variations of odour and pollinators, and test for local adaptation by reciprocal transplant of two European Arum species by Chartier, Marion, Pélozuelo, Laurent, Buatois, Bruno, Bessière, Jean-Marie, Gibernau, Marc

“…1. Interactions between entomophilous plants and their pollinators are one of the major factors shaping the evolution of floral features. As species are…”
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History Matters: Oviposition Resource Acceptance in an Exploiter of a Nursery Pollination Mutualism by Yadav, Pratibha, Desireddy, Sathish, Kasinathan, Srinivasan, Bessière, Jean-Marie, Borges, Renee M.

“…In the fig–fig wasp nursery pollination system, parasitic wasps, such as gallers and parasitoids that oviposit from the exterior into the fig syconium…”
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Floral traits and pollination ecology of European Arum hybrids by Chartier, Marion, Liagre, Suzanne, Weiss-Schneeweiss, Hanna, Kolano, Bozena, Bessière, Jean-Marie, Schönenberger, Jürg, Gibernau, Marc

“…Hybridisation is common in plants and can affect the genetic diversity and ecology of sympatric parental populations. Hybrids may resemble the parental species…”
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Diel Variation in Fig Volatiles Across Syconium Development: Making Sense of Scents by Borges, Renee M., Bessière, Jean-Marie, Ranganathan, Yuvaraj

“…Plants produce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a variety of contexts that include response to abiotic and biotic stresses, attraction of pollinators and…”
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Semiochemical compounds of preen secretion reflect genetic make-up in a seabird species by Leclaire, Sarah, Merkling, Thomas, Raynaud, Christine, Mulard, Hervé, Bessière, Jean-Marie, Lhuillier, Émeline, Hatch, Scott A, Danchin, Étienne

“…Several vertebrates choose their mate according to genetic heterozygosity and relatedness, and use odour cues to assess their conspecifics' genetic make-up. In…”
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