Titre :	The ecology and evolution of ant-plant interactions
Type de document :	livre
Auteurs :	Rico-Gray, V. ; Oliveira, P.S.
Editeur :	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
Année de publication :	2007
Collection :	Interspecific interactions
Importance :	331 p.
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-226-71348-9
Note générale :	Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 10/04/2008
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés :	Animal-plant relationships  Ants  Evolution  Plant-animal interaction
Résumé :	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.
Note de contenu :	Pbk;

The ecology and evolution of ant-plant interactions [livre] / Rico-Gray, V. ; Oliveira, P.S. . - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2007 . - 331 p.. - (Interspecific interactions) .
ISBN : 978-0-226-71348-9
Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 10/04/2008
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Mots-clés :	Animal-plant relationships  Ants  Evolution  Plant-animal interaction
Résumé :	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.
Note de contenu :	Pbk;