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- Title
Scents and sensibility: Best practice in insect olfactometer bioassays.
- Authors
Roberts, Joe M.; Clunie, Ben J.; Leather, Simon R.; Harris, W. Edwin; Pope, Tom W.
- Abstract
Olfactometers have been used for more than 100 years and are integral to experimental chemical ecology. Studies utilising olfactometer bioassays form the foundation for understanding the behavioural responses of invertebrates to chemical stimuli under standardised laboratory conditions. Widely used olfactometry apparatuses include two‐arm olfactometers for binary responses through to four‐ and six‐arm arenas to evaluate more complex behaviours. Despite its prevalence in chemical ecology studies, there has never been a review of experimental best practice in olfactometry. This review critically evaluates both olfactometry methods and applications as well as experimental design and analysis. We aim to outline a standard of good practice to improve experimental design and reporting for studies involving olfactometry, thereby establishing a reference guide to build a robust experimental workflow for olfactometry bioassays.
- Subjects
BEST practices; BIOLOGICAL assay; CHEMICAL ecology; OLFACTOMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL design; ODORS
- Publication
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 2023, Vol 171, Issue 11, p808
- ISSN
0013-8703
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/eea.13351