Ecomons

As Ökomone (singular Ökomon) or Ökochemikalien be referred to substances that are excreted by animals or plants and in an ecosystem between individuals of a type different types or between individuals are effective. They are beneficial to the sender or recipient.

As a substance that transmits ecologically significant information , an ecomon is a semiochemical substance.

The following groups of substances belong to the ecomons:

• Pheromones
• Allomone
• Cairomones
• the allelochemicals responsible for allelopathy
• Phytoalexins

The ecomons also include toxins and inhibitors that have no advantage for the producer himself.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} pupil Duden ecology . Duden-Verlag, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1988, ISBN 3-411-02240-X , p. 196.
2. ^ ^{A b} Matthias Schaefer: Dictionary of Ecology . 4th edition. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8274-0167-4 , p. 238.