A new conceptual and quantitative approach to exploring and defining potential open-access olfactory information

A new conceptual and quantitative approach to exploring and defining potential open-access olfactory information

© 2022 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2022 New Phytologist Foundation.

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:The New phytologist. - 1979. - 236(2022), 4 vom: 13. Nov., Seite 1605-1619
1. Verfasser: Orlando, Cristian Gabriel (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Possell, Malcolm, Price, Catherine, Banks, Peter B, Mercorelli, Louis, McArthur, Clare
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2022
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The New phytologist
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't cue ecological interactions information recovery signal volatile organic compounds
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:© 2022 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2022 New Phytologist Foundation.
All organisms emit odour, providing 'open-access' olfactory information for any receiver with the right sensory apparatus. Characterizing open-access information emitted by groups of organisms, such as plant species, provides the means to answer significant questions about ecological interactions and their evolution. We present a new conceptual framework defining information reliability and a practical method to characterize and recover information from amongst olfactory noise. We quantified odour emissions from two tree species, one focal group and one outgroup, to demonstrate our approach using two new R statistical functions. We explore the consequences of relaxing or tightening criteria defining information and, from thousands of odour combinations, we identify and quantify those few likely to be informative. Our method uses core general principles characterizing information while incorporating knowledge of how receivers detect and discriminate odours. We can now map information in consistency-precision reliability space, explore the concept of information, and test information-noise boundaries, and between cues and signals
Beschreibung:Date Completed 22.11.2022
Date Revised 10.01.2023
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1469-8137
DOI:10.1111/nph.18432