03784nam 2200697 a 450 991078254240332120210813103336.00-226-71354-71-281-96633-9978661196633110.7208/9780226713540(CKB)1000000000578746(EBL)408513(OCoLC)309850381(SSID)ssj0000142981(PQKBManifestationID)11150243(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000142981(PQKBWorkID)10111917(PQKB)11074297(StDuBDS)EDZ0000115616(MiAaPQ)EBC408513(DE-B1597)524193(OCoLC)1058353393(DE-B1597)9780226713540(Au-PeEL)EBL408513(CaPaEBR)ebr10266037(CaONFJC)MIL196633(EXLCZ)99100000000057874620061030d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe ecology and evolution of ant-plant interactions[electronic resource] /Victor Rico-Gray and Paulo S. OliveiraChicago University of Chicago Press20071 online resource (347 p.)Interspecific interactionsDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-71348-2 0-226-71347-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-312) and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Preface --1. Ant-Plant Interactions --2. Antagonistic Interactions: Leaf-Cutting and Seed-Harvesting Ants --3. Mutualism from Antagonism: Ants as Primary Seed-Dispersers --4. Mutualism from Opportunism: Ants as Secondary Seed-Dispersers --5. Mutualism from Antagonism: Ants and Flowers --6. Antagonism and Mutualism: Direct Interactions --7. Antagonism and Mutualism: Indirect Interactions --8. Nutrition of Plants by Ant Mutualists: Life History of Ant-Fed Plants and Ant-Garden Systems --9. Canopy-Dwelling Ants, Plant and Insect Exudates, and Ant Mosaics --10. Variation in Ant-Plant Interactions --11. Ant-Plant Interactions in Agriculture --12. Overview and Perspectives --Literature Cited --IndexAnts 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 groupsInterspecific interactions.AntsEcologyInsect-plant relationshipsecological, evolutionary, plants, ants, college, university, textbook, higher ed, grad school, academic, scholarly, research, educational, insects, animal, biomass, terrestrial, ecosystems, flowers, pollination, pollinator, herbivore, seeds, biology, biological, science, scientist, scientific, phylogenetics, mutualism, distribution, antagonism, seedling.AntsEcology.Insect-plant relationships.595.79/6WI 3381SEPArvkRico-Gray Victor1528784Oliveira Paulo S1528785MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782542403321The ecology and evolution of ant-plant interactions3772632UNINA