Invited Reviews, Commentaries, Book Chapters, Popular Articles, Book Reviews, Biodiversity and Educational Surveys
Raguso, R.A. 2023. Bloodstained flowers and bloodthirsty flies. New Phytologist 239: 1164-1165.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19089
Raguso, R.A. 2023. Hidden worlds within flowers. Current Biology 33: R506-R512.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.054
Dahake, A, R.A. Raguso, J. Goyret. 2023. Context and the functional use of sensory information in sensory
ecology. Current Opinion in Insect Science 58: 101058
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2023.101058
Raguso, R.A. 2021. Pollination for the people. A book review of “Pollinators and pollination: nature and society”, by
Jeff Ollerton. Current Biology 31: R1-R3.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.003
Raguso, R.A. 2021. Coevolution as a cornucopia of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Plants, People,
Planet 3: 61-73.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10127
Raguso, R.A. 2020. Functions of essential oils and natural volatiles in plant-insect interactions. Chapter 17
(pp. 481-496) in, Handbook of Essential Oils: Science, Technology and Applications. Eds. K.H.C. Başer,
G. Buchbauer. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.
Raguso, R.A. 2020. Behavioral responses to floral scent: experimental manipulations and multimodal plant-
pollinator communication. Chapter 16 (pp. 297-325) in, Biology of Plant Volatiles. Eds. N. Dudareva, E.
Pichersky. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.
Raguso, R.A. 2020. Mini-review. Don't forget the flies: dipteran diversity and its consequences for floral
ecology and evolution. Applied Entomology and Zoology (Japan) 55: 1-7.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-020-00668-9
Raguso, R.A., L.D. Harder, S.D. Johnson. 2020. Does acoustic priming “sweeten the pot” of floral nectar?
Ecology Letters 23: 1550-1552.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13490
Pichersky, E, R.A. Raguso. 2018. Why do plants produce so many terpenoid compounds? New Phytologist
220: 655-658.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14178
Junker, R.R. et al. 2018. Covariation and phenotypic integration in chemical communication displays:
biosynthetic constraints and eco-evolutionary implications. New Phytologist 220: 739-749.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14505
Jacobsen, D.J., R.A. Raguso. 2018. Lingering effects of herbivory on pollination. Current Biology 28:
R1164-R1169.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.010
Jogesh, T., G.T. Broadhead, R.A. Raguso, K.A. Skogen. 2018. Intraspecific floral diversity in the
California evening primrose, Oenothera californica subsp. avita. Mohave National Preserve Science
Newsletter 2018 (US National Park Service), pp. 7-12.
The Bengaluru Consortium. 2017. New frontiers for chemical ecology: reaffirming a commitment to the
Göteborg Resolution. Journal of Chemical Ecology 43: 2-3.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-016-0813-9
Raguso, R.A. 2017. Waltz of the flowers macabre. A book review of "Floral Mimicry", by S.D. Johnson and
F.P. Schiestl. Current Biology 27: R1-R3.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.016
Raguso, R.A., G. Gottsberger. 2017. An ode to osmophores: Stefan Vogel’s seminal contributions to the
study of scent. Flora 232: 150-152.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2017.02.014
Raguso, R.A., A. Kessler. 2017. Speaking in Chemical Tongues: Decoding the Language of Plant
Volatiles, in: Patricia Vieira, John Ryan and Monica Gagliano, eds., pp. 27-61, “The Language of
Plants”. University of Minnesota Press, MN.
Raguso, R.A. 2016. Dispatch: Plant Evolution: Repeated Loss of Floral Scent — A Path of Least Resistance? Current Biology 24: R1282-R1285.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.058
Raguso, R.A. 2016. More lessons from linalool: insights gained from a ubiquitous floral volatile. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 32: 31-36.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2016.05.007
Rusch, C., G.T Broadhead, R.A. Raguso, J.A. Riffell. 2016. Olfaction in context – sources of nuance in
plant-pollinator communication. Current Opinion in Insect Science 15: 53-60.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2016.03.007
Raguso, R.A., A.A. Agrawal, A.E. Douglas, G. Jander, A. Kessler, K. Poveda and J.S. Thaler. 2015.
Centennial Article: The raison d’être of chemical ecology. Ecology 96: 617-630.
https://doi.org/10.1890/14-1474.1
Raguso, R.A., J.N. Thompson, D.R. Campbell. Improving our Chemistry. 2015. Challenges and
opportunities in the interdisciplinary study of floral volatiles. Natural Products Reports 32: 893-903. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2015/np/c4np00159a
Raguso, R.A. 2014. Commentary: reflections on 40 years. Wrapped bouquet: the untapped potential of
floral chemistry. Journal of Chemical Ecology 40: 412-413.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-014-0440-2
Raguso, R.A. 2013. Book review: “Chemical Biology of the Tropics: An Interdisciplinary Approach”. Ed.
by Jorge M. Vivanco and Tiffany Weir. Quarterly Review of Biology 88: 239.
Raguso, R.A. 2013. Commentary: small molecules mediate bacterial farming by social amoebae.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 110: 14512-14513.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1313669110
Parachnowitsch, A.L., R.C.F. Burdon, R.A. Raguso, A. Kessler. 2013. Natural selection on floral volatile
production in Penstemon digitalis: Highlighting the role of linalool. Plant Signaling & Behavior 8: 1-4. https://doi.org/10.4161/psb.22704
Raguso, R.A. 2012. New Synthesis: Exploring the chemical links in ecological food webs. Journal of
Chemical Ecology 38: 441.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-012-0128-4
Raguso, R.A., W. Boland, T. Hartmann, J.A. Pickett. 2011. Editorial: Special Issue, Plant-insect
interactions. Phytochemistry 72: 1495-1496.
10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.04.012
Raguso, R.A. 2011. Book review: “Multiplicity in unity”, by C.M. Herrera. Quarterly Review of Biology
86: 146-147.
Raguso, R.A. 2011. For love of Eisner. Journal of Chemical Ecology 37: 546-547.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-011-9951-2
Raguso, R.A. 2011. Floral volatiles. Pp. 99-101. McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology.
Schiestl, F.P., S.D. Johnson, R.A. Raguso. 2010. Floral evolution as a figment of the imagination of
pollinators. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25: 382-383.
doi:10.1016/j.tree.2010.03.004
Majetic, C.J., R.A. Raguso, and T-L. Ashman. 2009. Sources of floral scent variation: can environment
define floral scent phenotype? Plant Signaling & Behavior 4:129-131.
https://doi.org/10.4161/psb.4.2.7628
Raguso, R.A. 2009. Special feature: Floral scent in a whole-plant context: moving beyond pollinator
attraction. Functional Ecology 23: 837-840.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40407693
Raguso, R.A. 2008. Perspective: The “invisible hand” of floral chemistry. Science 321: 1163-1164.
DOI: 10.1126/science.1163570
Raguso, R.A. 2008. Wake up and smell the roses: the ecology and evolution of floral scent. Annual Review
of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 39: 549-569.
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.38.091206.095601
Raguso, R.A. 2008. Start making scents: the challenge of integrating chemistry into pollination ecology.
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 128: 196-207.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00683.x
Ollerton, J., R.A. Raguso. 2006. The sweet stench of decay. New Phytologist 172: 382-385.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4131223
Raguso, R.A. 2006. Behavioral responses to floral scent: experimental manipulations and the interplay of
sensory modalities, pp. 297-319 in: N. Dudareva, E. Pichersky, eds., “The biology of floral scent”,
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Dobson, H.E.M., R.A. Raguso, J.T. Knudsen, M. Ayasse. 2005. Scent as an attractant. pp. 197-
230 in: A. Dafni, P.G. Kevan, B.C. Husband eds., “Practical Pollination Biology”. Enviroquest,
Cambridge, Canada.
Raguso, R.A. 2005. Señales olfativas en la biología de la polinización. Pp. 49-57 in: J.M. Guerra Sanz,
A. Roldán Serrano, A. Mena Granero, eds., “Primeras Jornadas de Polinización en Plantas Hortícolas”.
CIFA la Mojonera, Almería, España.
Raguso. R.A. 2004. Why are some floral nectars scented? Ecology 85: 1486-1494.
https://doi.org/10.1890/03-0410
Raguso, R.A. 2004. Why do flowers smell? The chemical ecology of fragrance-driven pollination. Pp.
151-178 in: Cardé, R.T. and Millar, J.G., eds. “Advances in Insect Chemical Ecology”. Cambridge
University Press.
Raguso, R.A. 2004. Flowers as sensory billboards: progress towards an integrated understanding of floral
advertisement. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 7: 434-440.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2004.05.010
Raguso. R.A. 2003. Olfactory landscapes and deceptive pollination: signal, noise and convergent
evolution in floral scent. Pp. 631-650 in: G.J. Blomquist and R. Vogt, eds., “(Insect) Pheromone
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology”. Academic Press, NY.
Raguso, R.A. & Willis, M.A. 2003. Hawkmoth pollination in Arizona's Sonoran Desert: Behavioral
responses to floral traits. Pp. 43-65 in: Evolution and Ecology Taking Flight: Butterflies as Model
Systems. (ed. by Boggs, C.L., W.B. Watt, P.R. Ehrlich) Rocky Mountain Biological Lab
Symposium Series. University of Chicago Press.
Raguso, R.A. 2001. Floral scent, olfaction and scent-driven foraging behavior. Pp. 83-105 in: Chittka, L.
and Thomson, J.D., eds. “Cognitive Ecology of Pollination; Animal Behavior and Floral Evolution”,
Cambridge Univ. Press.
Raguso, R.A., E. Pichersky. 1999. A day in the life of a linalool molecule: chemical communication in a
plant-pollinator system. Part 1: Linalool biosynthesis in flowering plants. Plant Species Biology 14: 95-
120.
https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1442-1984.1999.00014.x
Raguso, R.A. 1999. Book review of “A Neotropical Companion” by John Kricher, Quarterly Review of
Biology 74: 242.
Raguso, R.A., M.A. Willis. 1999. Moths. In: Phillips, S., ed., “A Naturalist’s Guide to the Sonoran
Desert”, S. Phillips, ed., Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Univ. of California Press, pp. 333-340.
Raguso, R.A., J. Llorente-Bousquets. 1997. Las mariposas de la Estación de Biología “Los Tuxtlas”,
Veracruz, México. in E. González Soriano, R. Dirzo, R. Vogt, eds. “La Historia Natural de la Estación
de Biología ‘Los Tuxtlas’, U.N.A.M., Ciudad de México.
Raguso, R.A., O. Gloster. 1993. Preliminary checklist and field observations of the butterflies of the
Maquipucuna Field Station (Pichincha Province, Ecuador). J. Research on Lepidoptera 32: 135-161.
Raguso, R.A., A. Muñoz-Pedreras, X. Morandé. 1993. Conocimiento ambiental en el sur de Chile: un
análisis preliminar. pp. 596-607 in J. Oltremari, ed. “Actas del II Congreso Internacional de Gestión en
Recursos Naturales (1991)”, Valdivia de Chile.
Raguso, R.A., J. Llorente-Bousquets. 1991. The butterflies of the Tuxtlas Mts., Veracruz, México,
revisited: species-richness and habitat disturbance. J. Research on Lepidoptera 29: 105-133.