Conceptual framework of the proposed RU on the ecology and evolution of intraspecific plant chemodiversity. We will study chemical variation in different plant parts (flowers, nectar, pollen, leaves, phloem sap; roots will be included in a potential second funding period), among plant individuals within populations and among populations (left) as well as consequences on the plant-associated community (right) over space and time. The projects will focus on the tree Populus nigra and the herbs Solanum dulcamara and Tanacetum vulgare (lower panel, from left to right).

 
  Part of: Müller C, Bräutigam A, Eilers EJ, Junker RR, Schnitzler J-P, Steppuhn A, Unsicker SB, van Dam NM, Weisser WW, Wittmann MJ (2020) Ecology and Evolution of Intraspecific Chemodiversity of Plants. Research Ideas and Outcomes 6: e49810. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.6.e49810