Chapter 6 Outline
Overview
General Features of Chemical Communication
- Contrasts between chemical, auditory, and visual signals
- Forms of chemical communication
- Identifying chemical signals: Function before structure
Production of Chemical Signals
- Types of chemicals used for intraspecific communication
- Production mechanisms
- Dissemination methods
Transmission of Chemical Signals
- Diffusion
- Transmission by current flow
- Other environmental effects on chemical signal transmission
Chemoreception
- Coupling from the medium to the receptor
- Chemosensory reception
- Finding the source