Hands-On Chemical Ecology: Simple Field and Laboratory Exercises

I have taught two different chemical ecology courses: Introduction to Chemical Ecology; and Chemical Ecology of Vertebrates. The first is an undergraduate course with biology and chemistry students. The latter is a graduate course, with advanced undergrads also admitted. During the last several years I have developed exercises for the laboratory and the field. Now I am ready to make these exercises available to a worldwide audience. The field exercises deal with general principles and can be done anywhere in the world, even though the particular species of plants and animals studied will be different. Given the location of the author, the species used in this text are North American.

Professor Dietland Muller-Schwarze has published Chemical Ecology of Vertebrates (Cambridge University Press 2006), co-edited 10 volumes of "Chemical Signals in Vertebrates" (Plenum Press), and written nearly 200 research papers in the field of chemical ecology. For several years, he has taught "Introduction to Chemical Ecology," an undergraduate course, and "Chemical Ecology of Vertebrates," a graduate course, at the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Dr. Muller-Schwarze has also been a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Chemical Ecology for 27 years.