LEADER 04471nam 2200805Ia 450 001 9910965830203321 005 20251116182606.0 010 $a9780226023328 010 $a022602332X 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226023328 035 $a(CKB)2550000001109757 035 $a(OCoLC)855019757 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10739991 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000956772 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11602890 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000956772 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10965121 035 $a(PQKB)10268871 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000156793 035 $a(DE-B1597)524410 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226023328 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3038424 035 $a(Perlego)1850854 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001109757 100 $a20130108d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe ornaments of life $ecoevolution and conservation in the tropics /$fTheodore H. Fleming and W. John Kress 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (615 p.) 225 0 $aInterspecific Interactions 225 0$aInterspecific interactions 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780226253404 311 08$a0226253406 311 08$a9781299784543 311 08$a1299784542 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $t1. The Scope of This Book -- $t2. Patterns of Regional and Community Diversity -- $t3. The Resource Base -- $t4. Pollen and Seed Dispersal and Their Ecological and Genetic Consequences -- $t5. Macroevolutionary Consequences of Pollen and Seed Dispersal -- $t6. Phylogeny and Biogeography of These Mutualisms -- $t7. The Pollination Mutualism -- $t8. The Frugivory Mutualism -- $t9. Synthesis and Conclusions about the Ecology and Evolution of Vertebrate- Angiosperm Mutualisms -- $t10. The Future of Vertebrate- Angiosperm Mutualisms -- $tAppendix 1. Overview of the Major Families of Bird and Mammal Pollinators and Seed Dispersers -- $tAppendix 2. Overview of the Major Families of Plants containing Species That Are Pollinated or Dispersed by Birds or Mammals -- $tReferences -- $tSpecies Index -- $tSubject Index 330 $aThe average kilometer of tropical rainforest is teeming with life; it contains thousands of species of plants and animals. As The Ornaments of Life reveals, many of the most colorful and eye-catching rainforest inhabitants-toucans, monkeys, leaf-nosed bats, and hummingbirds to name a few-are an important component of the infrastructure that supports life in the forest. These fruit-and-nectar eating birds and mammals pollinate the flowers and disperse the seeds of hundreds of tropical plants, and unlike temperate communities, much of this greenery relies exclusively on animals for reproduction. Synthesizing recent research by ecologists and evolutionary biologists, Theodore H. Fleming and W. John Kress demonstrate the tremendous functional and evolutionary importance of these tropical pollinators and frugivores. They shed light on how these mutually symbiotic relationships evolved and lay out the current conservation status of these essential species. In order to illustrate the striking beauty of these "ornaments" of the rainforest, the authors have included a series of breathtaking color plates and full-color graphs and diagrams. 410 0$aInterspecific interactions. 606 $aPollination by animals$zTropics 606 $aSeed dispersal by animals$zTropics 606 $aAngiosperms$xPollination$zTropics 606 $aVertebrates$zTropics 606 $aAnimal-plant relationships$zTropics 606 $aMutualism (Biology)$zTropics 606 $aCoevolution$zTropics 606 $aConservation biology$zTropics 615 0$aPollination by animals 615 0$aSeed dispersal by animals 615 0$aAngiosperms$xPollination 615 0$aVertebrates 615 0$aAnimal-plant relationships 615 0$aMutualism (Biology) 615 0$aCoevolution 615 0$aConservation biology 676 $a576.8/75 700 $aFleming$b Theodore H$01146837 701 $aKress$b W. John$01338910 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965830203321 996 $aThe ornaments of life$94362435 997 $aUNINA