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ReviewNature ecology & evolution2026

Ecological role of emergent properties in the chemodiversity landscape.

Maximilian Hanusch, Thomas Dussarrat, Xue Xiao, Dominik Ziaja, Kruthika Sen Aragam, James D Blande, Andrea Bräutigam, Nicole M van Dam, Benjamin M Delory, Selina Gaar and 18 more

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Review in Nature ecology & evolution, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Maximilian Hanusch *Evolutionary Ecology of Plants, Department of Biology, Marburg University, Marburg, Germany. maximilian.hanusch@uni-hohenheim.de.ORCID 0000-0001-7228-1276
Thomas Dussarrat *Department of Chemical Ecology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany. thomas.dussarrat@uni-bielefeld.de.ORCID 0000-0001-6245-3652
Xue XiaoDepartment of Chemical Ecology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9954-7262
Dominik ZiajaDepartment of Chemical Ecology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
Kruthika Sen AragamDepartment of Molecular Botany, Institute of Biology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2748-372X
James D BlandeDepartment of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Andrea BräutigamComputational Biology, Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
Nicole M van DamLeibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Großbeeren, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2622-5446
Benjamin M DeloryCopernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1190-8060
Selina GaarDepartment of Chemical Ecology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0009-0000-0475-2603
Marvin HildebrandtComputational Biology, Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3075-3439
Ruth JakobsDepartment of Chemical Ecology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
Robert R JunkerEvolutionary Ecology of Plants, Department of Biology, Marburg University, Marburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7919-9678
Caroline MüllerDepartment of Chemical Ecology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8447-534X
Thomas NägelePlant Evolutionary Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5896-238X
Moritz PoppResearch Unit Environmental Simulation, Helmholtz Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.
Riikka RinnanDepartment of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-7222-700X
Hannah SchneiderLeibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Seeland, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4655-6250
Jörg-Peter SchnitzlerResearch Unit Environmental Simulation, Helmholtz Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9825-867X
Judit Valeria Mendoza ServínLeibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Großbeeren, Germany.
Anke SteppuhnCluster of Excellence GreenRobust, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6801-997X
Dorothea ThollDepartment of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2636-6345
Yonca B SeymenResearch Unit Environmental Simulation, Helmholtz Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0000-8675-5663
Elikplim Aku SetordjieTerrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department for Life Science Systems, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.
Sybille B UnsickerPlant-Environment Interactions Group, Botanical Institute, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany.
Sarah K WeirauchPlant-Environment Interactions Group, Botanical Institute, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany.ORCID 0009-0001-0020-9133
Wolfgang W WeisserTerrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department for Life Science Systems, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2757-8959
Robin Heinen *Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department for Life Science Systems, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany. robin.heinen@tum.de.ORCID 0000-0001-9852-1020

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) HE9171/1-2Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) JU2856/5-2Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) MU1829/29-2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Specialized metabolites released in the environment mediate ecological interactions across geographic scales and levels of biological organization. Whereas chemodiversity-the richness, relative abundance and disparity of specialized compounds within a blend of metabolites-has received substantial interest at the level of pairwise interactions, much less is known about how metabolites produced by multiple individuals and species merge into higher-level blends at population, community and ecosystem scales. Here we review evidence for emergent functions that arise from such higher-level chemodiversity: how blends can change in composition and functional consequence as they move through air, water and soil, and vary in time and space, thereby creating a dynamic chemodiversity landscape. We further discuss the applied potential of these chemodiversity landscapes and the threats that could compromise them. We outline key questions that will help to guide research on how higher-level chemodiversity contributes to ecological processes and functioning across scales.

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