Chemical ecology of pollination in Cyclocephalini beetle-plant interactions 

Main collaboration partners:  Mag. Florian Etl Prof. Dr. Gerhard Gottsberger Dr. Artur Maia Prof. Dr. Clemens Schlindwein Prof. Dr. Jürg Schönenberger Prof. Dr. Stefan Schulz 

Correction to: Maia, ACD; Grimm, C; Schubert, M; Etl, F; Gomes Gonçalves, E; Navarro, DMAF; Schulz, S; Dötterl, S:  Novel floral scent compounds from night-blooming Araceae pollinated by cyclocephaline scarabs (Melolonthidae, Cyclocephalini). Journal of Chemical Ecology (In Press)

Maia, ACD; Grimm, C; Schubert, M; Etl, F; Gomes Gonçalves, E; Navarro, DMAF; Schulz, S; Dötterl, S:  Novel floral scent compounds from night-blooming Araceae pollinated by cyclocephaline scarabs (Melolonthidae, Cyclocephalini). Journal of Chemical Ecology (In Press)

Gonçalves-Souza, P; Schlindwein, C; Dötterl, S; Paiva, EAS: Unveiling the osmophores of Philodendron adamantinum(Araceae) as a means to understanding interactions with pollinators. Annals of Botany, 119, 533-543 (2017)

Pereira, J; Schlindwein, C; Antonini, Y; Maia, ACD; Dötterl, S; Martins, C; Navarro, DMAF; Oliveira, R:  Philodendron adamantinum (Araceae) lures its single cyclocephaline scarab pollinator with specific dominant floral scent volatiles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 111, 679-691 (2014)

Gottsberger, G; Silberbauer-Gottsberger, I; Dötterl, S: Pollination and floral scent differentiation in species of the Philodendron bipinnatifidumcomplex (Araceae), Plant Systematics and Evolution, 299, 793–809 (2013)

Maia, ACD; Gibernau, M; Dötterl, S; Navarro, DMAF; Seifert, K; Müller, T; Schlindwein, C: The floral scent of Taccarum ulei(Araceae): attraction of scarab beetle pollinators to an unusual aliphatic acyloin, Phytochemistry, 93, 71-78 (2013)Dötterl, S; David, A; Boland, W; Silberbauer-Gottsberger, I; Gottsberger, G: Evidence for behavioral attractiveness of methoxylated aromatics in a dynastid scarab beetle-pollinated Araceae, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 38, 1539–1543 (2012)

Gottsberger, G; Silberbauer-Gottsberger, I; Seymour, RS; Dötterl, S: Pollination ecology of Magnolia ovata may explain the overall large flower size of the genus, Flora, 207, 107-118 (2012)

Maia, ACD; Dötterl, S; Kaiser, R; Silberbauer-Gottsberger, I; Teichert, H; Gibernau, M; Navarro, DMAF; Schlindwein, C; Gottsberger, G: The key role of 4-methyl-5-vinylthiazole in the attraction of scarab beetle pollinators: a unique olfactory floral signal shared by Annonaceae and Araceae, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 38, 1072-1080 (2012)