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The 2014 meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE) was held on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The 30th annual meeting of the society, it was the first held in the United States since the 2008 meeting at Pennsylvania State University and the first ever held jointly with the Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (CSiV) group, which held its 13th triennial meeting. That these two groups have never before held co-located meetings is a bit surprising given that they share a lengthy common history. The meeting showcased the convergent similarities in chemical signal detection, processing, and production between vertebrates, particularly mammals, and invertebrates, particularly insects, likely the consequence of similarities in ecology brought about by adaptation to terrestrial environments.
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I thank my colleague Hugh Robertson for helpful comments on the manuscript and I thank Bruce Schulte both for inviting me to contribute this chapter and for patiently waiting for me to complete it!
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Berenbaum, M.R. (2016). Are Mammals Just Furry Bugs with Fewer Legs? Convergences in Mammalian and Insect Chemical Ecology. In: Schulte, B., Goodwin, T., Ferkin, M. (eds) Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22026-0_1
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