4 edition of The Evolutionary Interaction of Animals and Plants (Royal Society Discussion Volumes) found in the catalog.
The Evolutionary Interaction of Animals and Plants (Royal Society Discussion Volumes)
Published
May 29, 1992
by Cambridge University Press
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Written in English
Edition Notes
| Contributions | William G. Chaloner (Editor), J. L. Harper (Editor), J. H. Lawton (Editor) |
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | 120 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL7740090M |
| ISBN 10 | 0521418267 |
| ISBN 10 | 9780521418263 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 232656818 |
An example of this is the relationship between plants and pollinators. Nearly three-quarters of flowering plants rely on animals to help them pollinate. In exchange for this service, animals such as bees and butterflies are rewarded with food in the form of pollen or nectar. The interaction is beneficial for both species, plants, and : Laura Klappenbach. Get this from a library! Plant-animal interactions: an evolutionary approach. [Carlos M Herrera; Olle Pellmyr;] -- 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 .
Plant‐Animal Interactions: An Evolutionary Approach. Edited by Carlos M Herrera and, Olle Pellmyr. Oxford and Malden (Massachusetts): Blackwell Science. $ (paper). xii + p + 4 pl; ill.; index. ISBN: 0–––8. This timeline of the evolutionary history of life represents the current scientific theory outlining the major events during the development of life on planet biology, evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organization, from kingdoms to.
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Following a general introduction emphasizing the role of interactions in the evolution of biodiversity, chapters are devoted to the fossil record-plant-animal interactions, herbivory by insects and vertebrates, seed predation, pollination and seed dispersal by animals, ant-plant interaction, and synthesis that describes emerging areas of study, including the pivotal role of plant-animal interactions /5(3).
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Carlos M. Herrera is an evolutionary ecologist who has worked mainly on plant-disperser and plant-pollinator interactions in Mediterranean habitats of the Iberian Peninsula. Most of his research centers on elucidating the relative significance of ecological, historical and evolutionary determinants in shaping current plant-animal interactions.
Ecologists, entomologists, evolutionary biologists, agricultural scientists, and graduate-level students will find that Plant-Animal Interactions provides them Format: Hardcover.
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/5.
The evolutionary interaction of animals and plants: proceedings of a Royal Society Discussion Meeting held on 27 and 28 February Author: W G Chaloner ; John L Harper ; John H Lawton ; Royal Society (Great Britain). |Book Review Plants and animals, forever entangled Plant–Animal Interactions – An Evolutionary Approach edited by C.M.
Herrera and O. Pellmyr. Blackwell Science, £ pbk (xi þ pages) ISBN 0 8 Lars Chittka School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, UK ‘It is interesting to. 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. BOOK REVIEW PLANT–ANIMAL INTERACTIONS: A SOMEWHAT EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH1 SUSANNE S.
RENNER2 Department of Biology, University of Missouri–St. Louis, Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, Missouri USA The last texts aiming to introduce plant–animal interactions to students came out just over a decade ago (Abrahamson, ; Price et al. Buy Plant-Animal Interactions (): An Evolutionary Approach: NHBS - Edited By: CM Herrera and O Pellmyr, Wiley-Blackwell The introduction and subsequent chapters dealing with the different levels of interactions between animals and plants are well written and very accessible.
Although the book is intended for students in ecology. Carlos M. Herrera is an evolutionary ecologist who has worked mainly on plant-disperser and plant-pollinator interactions in Mediterranean habitats of the Iberian Peninsula. Most of his research centers on elucidating the relative significance of ecological, historical and evolutionary determinants in shaping current plant-animal : $ Plant-animal interactions range from the general to those that are highly specifi c and involve elaborate evolutionary adaptations.
An example of a general PAI is a plant that provides shelter for an animal, such as a tree that provides critical habitat for a nesting bird. Some animals are fl ex. Interactions between species are as evolutionarily malleable as the species themselves and have played a central role in the diversification and organization of life.
This malleability creates complex geographic mosaics in interspecific interactions that can evolve rapidly over decades, blurring the distinction between evolutionary time and ecological time and making the study of coevolution Cited by: Plant-animal interactions: evolutionary ecology in tropical and temperate regions.
[Peter W Price;] -- Home to an infinite variety of biological ecosystems, the ecology of the tropics represents a wellspring of vital, yet largely untapped data for scientists specializing in temperate regions.
Get this from a library. Plant Animal Interactions: an Evolutionary Approach. [Carlos Herrera; Olle Pellmyr] -- 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. Sympatric diploid and tetraploid plants also differ in the overall suites of pollinators they attract. Hence, the evolution of polyploid populations has the potential to change significantly the evolutionary ecology of interactions with herbivores and by: Interactions between plants and animals are analyzed starting from the advantages gained by animals and proceeding to those gained exclusively by plants.
These interactions are essentially of five. Evolutionary steps of ecophysiological adaptation Evolutionary trends - Plant-her- bivore interactions * Supported by German Research Community grant DFG Ho /6 array of animal forms ranging from 3 kg to over (Fig.
1 a, b. Comparison of ruminant extremes scaled to equal size. Carnivorous plants have fascinated evolutionary ecologists, botanists and horticulturists for centuries. Early investigators were reluctant to accept that plants could consume insects and other small invertebrates 1; Darwin 2 provided the first detailed experimental evidence for carnivory in several genera.
Since then, approximately species of carnivorous plants have been identified in six Cited by: Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological sms and biological communities often vary in a regular fashion along geographic gradients of latitude, elevation, isolation and habitat area.
Phytogeography is the branch of biogeography that studies the distribution of plants.Get this from a library! Plant-animal interactions: an evolutionary approach. [Carlos M Herrera; Olle Pellmyr;] -- Interactions between plants and animals are incredibly diverse and complex and span terrestrial, atmospheric and aquatic environments.
The s has seen the emergence of .
