Chemical ecology is a vast and interdisciplinary field utilizing biochemistry, biology, ecology, and organic chemistry for explaining observed interactions of living things and their environment throu
Monarch butterfly caterpillar on milkweed plant.
Diablito poison frog (Oophaga sylvatica)
Red-fronted lemurs (Eulemur ruffrons)
Zoanthus sociatus produces palytoxin
Escape and radiate coevolution is a hypothesis proposing that a coevolutionary 'arms-race' between primary producers and their consumers contributes to the diversification of species by accelerating s
Chemical ecology
…marked the beginning of modern chemical ecology. In 1964, Paul R. Ehrlich and Peter H. Raven coauthored a paper proposing their influential theory of escape and radiate coevolution, which suggested that an evolutionary "arms-race" between plants and insects can explain the extreme diversification of plants and insects. The idea…
Garter snake is an example of escape and radiate coevolution.[why?]
Erlich and Raven's Classic butterfly model
Common milkweed plant bears latex tubes to ward off herbivores.