Abstract
Chemical ecology is an interdisciplinary subject concerned with chemically mediated interactions between organisms and their environment. The subject brings together biologists, with an interest in assigning ecologically relevant biological activity to natural products, and organic chemists, who seek to unravel interorganism communication at the molecular level. This article, aimed at the non-specialist, discusses a few examples from the field of chemical ecology, to illustrate the variety and subtlety of chemical communication.
