CiNii Books - Plant-animal interactions : an evolutionary approach

Interactions between plants and animals are incredibly diverse and complex and span terrestrial, atmospheric and aquatic environments. The last decade has seen the emergence of a vast quantity of data on the subject and there is now a perceived need among both teachers and undergraduate students for a new textbook that incorporates the numerous recent advances made in the field. The book is intended for use by advanced level undergraduate and beginning graduate students, taking related courses in wider ecology degree programmes. Very few books cover this subject and those that do are out of date.

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Contributors, vii Preface, viii Acknowledgements, ix Geochronological Perspective, xii Part 1 Introduction 1 Species interactions and the evolution of biodiversity, 3 Peter W. Price 2 The history of associations between plants and animals, 26 Conrad C. Labandeira Part 2 Mostly Antagonisms 3 Plant–insect interactions in terrestrial ecosystems, 77 Sharon Y. Strauss and Arthur R. Zangerl 4 Mammalian herbivory in terrestrial environments, 107 Kjell Danell and Roger Bergström 5 Granivory, 132 Philip E. Hulme and Craig W. Benkman Part 3 Mostly Mutualisms 6 Pollination by animals, 157 Olle Pellmyr 7 Seed dispersal by vertebrates, 185 Carlos M. Herrera Part 4 Synthesis 8 Ant–plant interactions, 211 Andrew J. Beattie and Lesley Hughes 9 Plant–animal interactions: future directions, 236 John N. Thompson Appendix: Supplementary information for Chapter 2, 248 References, 263 Index, 294 Colour plate falls between p. 84 and p. 85

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