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volatile organic compounds

Scope: community ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on volatile organic compounds with 10 nodes and 23 connections. Top connected: interspecific competition, nutritional niche partitioning, maternal care, Burying beetle habitat reproduction experiment (Silphidae), pitfall trapping (Silphidae).

Definition

Chemical compounds emitted by carcasses that attract carrion feeders and can be suppressed by burial and maintenance behaviors

Related Terms (1)

VOCs

Publications (1)

student_paper

Out of sight, out of mind: The role of carcass burial and maintenance in reducing competition in Nicrophorus investigator

2025measured

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interspecific competition

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nutritional niche partitioning

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maternal care

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priority effect

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carcass maintenance behaviors

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