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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Boullis, Antoine
• Detrain, Claire
• Francis, Frédéric
• Verheggen, François J.

Titel

Will climate change affect insect pheromonal communication?

Ist Teil von

• Current opinion in insect science, 2016-10, Vol.17, p.87-91

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• [Display omitted] •All steps that pheromone has to pass by are likely to be affected by climate change.•Insects relying on long-range signalling will be among the most impacted.•The quantitative composition of complex pheromonal blends will be impacted.•Integrated pest management strategies will likely have to be adapted. Understanding how climate change will affect species interactions is a challenge for all branches of ecology. We have only limited understanding of how increasing temperature and atmospheric CO2 and O3 levels will affect pheromone-mediated communication among insects. Based on the existing literature, we suggest that the entire process of pheromonal communication, from production to behavioural response, is likely to be impacted by increases in temperature and modifications to atmospheric CO2 and O3 levels. We argue that insect species relying on long-range chemical signals will be most impacted, because these signals will likely suffer from longer exposure to oxidative gases during dispersal. We provide future directions for research programmes investigating the consequences of climate change on insect pheromonal communication.