The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions - Couverture souple

Livre 2 sur 7: Interspecific Interactions

Rico-Gray, Victor; Oliveira, Paulo S.

 
9780226713489: The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions
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ISBN 10 : 0226713482 ISBN 13 : 9780226713489
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2007

Synopsis

Ants are probably the most dominant insect group on Earth, representing ten to fifteen percent of animal biomass in terrestrial ecosystems. Flowering plants, meanwhile, owe their evolutionary success to an array of interspecific interactions—such as pollination, seed dispersal, and herbivory—that have helped to shape their great diversity. The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions brings together findings from the scientific literature on the coevolution of ants and plants to provide a better understanding of the unparalleled success of these two remarkable groups, of interspecific interactions in general, and ultimately of terrestrial biological communities.

The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions synthesizes the dynamics of ant-plant interactions, including the sources of variation in their outcomes. Victor Rico-Gray and Paulo S. Oliveira capture both the emerging appreciation of the importance of these interactions within ecosystems and the developing approaches that place studies of these interactions into a broader ecological and evolutionary context. The collaboration of two internationally renowned scientists, The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions will become a standard reference for understanding the complex interactions between these two taxa.

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À propos des auteurs

Victor Rico-Gray is a research scientist of ecology and Chairman of the Applied Ecology Department at the Instituto de Ecologia, A. C. in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.

Paulo S. Oliveira is professor of ecology at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226713482
ISBN 13 
9780226713489
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
346
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0226713474 ISBN 13 :  9780226713472
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2007
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