04471nam 2200805Ia 450 991096583020332120251116182606.09780226023328022602332X10.7208/9780226023328(CKB)2550000001109757(OCoLC)855019757(CaPaEBR)ebrary10739991(SSID)ssj0000956772(PQKBManifestationID)11602890(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000956772(PQKBWorkID)10965121(PQKB)10268871(StDuBDS)EDZ0000156793(DE-B1597)524410(DE-B1597)9780226023328(MiAaPQ)EBC3038424(Perlego)1850854(EXLCZ)99255000000110975720130108d2013 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe ornaments of life coevolution and conservation in the tropics /Theodore H. Fleming and W. John KressChicago University of Chicago Press20131 online resource (615 p.) Interspecific InteractionsInterspecific interactionsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780226253404 0226253406 9781299784543 1299784542 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Scope of This Book -- 2. Patterns of Regional and Community Diversity -- 3. The Resource Base -- 4. Pollen and Seed Dispersal and Their Ecological and Genetic Consequences -- 5. Macroevolutionary Consequences of Pollen and Seed Dispersal -- 6. Phylogeny and Biogeography of These Mutualisms -- 7. The Pollination Mutualism -- 8. The Frugivory Mutualism -- 9. Synthesis and Conclusions about the Ecology and Evolution of Vertebrate- Angiosperm Mutualisms -- 10. The Future of Vertebrate- Angiosperm Mutualisms -- Appendix 1. Overview of the Major Families of Bird and Mammal Pollinators and Seed Dispersers -- Appendix 2. Overview of the Major Families of Plants containing Species That Are Pollinated or Dispersed by Birds or Mammals -- References -- Species Index -- Subject IndexThe average kilometer of tropical rainforest is teeming with life; it contains thousands of species of plants and animals. As The Ornaments of Life reveals, many of the most colorful and eye-catching rainforest inhabitants-toucans, monkeys, leaf-nosed bats, and hummingbirds to name a few-are an important component of the infrastructure that supports life in the forest. These fruit-and-nectar eating birds and mammals pollinate the flowers and disperse the seeds of hundreds of tropical plants, and unlike temperate communities, much of this greenery relies exclusively on animals for reproduction. Synthesizing recent research by ecologists and evolutionary biologists, Theodore H. Fleming and W. John Kress demonstrate the tremendous functional and evolutionary importance of these tropical pollinators and frugivores. They shed light on how these mutually symbiotic relationships evolved and lay out the current conservation status of these essential species. In order to illustrate the striking beauty of these "ornaments" of the rainforest, the authors have included a series of breathtaking color plates and full-color graphs and diagrams. Interspecific interactions.Pollination by animalsTropicsSeed dispersal by animalsTropicsAngiospermsPollinationTropicsVertebratesTropicsAnimal-plant relationshipsTropicsMutualism (Biology)TropicsCoevolutionTropicsConservation biologyTropicsPollination by animalsSeed dispersal by animalsAngiospermsPollinationVertebratesAnimal-plant relationshipsMutualism (Biology)CoevolutionConservation biology576.8/75Fleming Theodore H1146837Kress W. John1338910MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910965830203321The ornaments of life4362435UNINA