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Ecological communities : plant mediation in indirect interaction webs / edited by Takayuki Ohgushi, Timothy P. Craig, Peter W. Price

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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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1 online resource (xiv, 444 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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Ohgushi, Takayuki, Craig, Timothy P., and Price, Peter W.
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Contents
Indirect interaction webs: an introduction / Takayuki Ohgushi, Timothy P. Craig, and Peter W. Price -- Plant-mediated interactions in herbivorous insects: mechanisms, symmetry, and challenging the paradigms of competition past / Robert F. Denno and Ian Kaplan -- Going with the flow: plant vascular systems mediate indirect interactions between plants, insect herbivores, and hemi-parasitic plants / Susan E. Hartley, Kathy A. Bass, and Scott N. Johnson -- Plant-mediated effects linking herbivory and pollination / Judith L. Bronstein, Travis E. Huxman, and Goggy Davidowitz -- Trait-mediated indirect interactions, density-mediated indirect interactions, and direct interactions between mammalian and insect herbivores / Jose M. Gomez and Adela Gonzalez-Megias -- Insect-mycorrhizal interactions: patterns, processes, and consequences / Alan C. Gange -- Plant-mediated interactions between below- and aboveground processes: decomposition, herbivory, parasitism, and pollination / Katja Poveda, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Stefan Scheu, and Teja Tscharntke -- Bottom-up cascades induced by fungal endophytes in multitrophic systems / Enrique J. Chaneton and Marina Omacini -- Ecology meets plant physiology: herbivore-induced plant responses and their indirect effects on arthropod communities / Maurice W. Sabelis, Junji Takabayashi, Arne Janssen, Merijn R. Kant, Michiel van Wijk, Beata Sznajder, Nayanie S. Aratchige, Izabela Lesna, Belen Belliure, and Robert C. Schuurink -- Nontrophic, indirect interaction webs of herbivorous insects / Takayuki Ohgushi -- Effects of arthropods as physical ecosystem engineers on plant-based trophic interaction webs / Robert J. Marquis and John T. Lill -- Host plants mediate aphid-ant mutualisms and their effects on community structure and diversity / Gina M. Wimp and Thomas G. Whitham -- Biodiversity is related to indirect interactions among species of large effect / Joseph K. Bailey and Thomas G. Whitham -- Evolution of plant-mediated interactions among natural enemies / Timothy P. Craig -- Linking ecological and evolutionary change in multitrophic interactions: assessing the evolutionary consequences of herbivore-induced changes in plant traits / David M. Althoff -- Indirect interaction webs propaged by herbivore-induced changes in plant tratis / Takayuki Ohgushi, Timothy P. Craig, and Peter W. Price.
Summary
To gain a more complete understanding of plant-based ecological community structure requires knowledge of the integration of direct and indirect effects in plant herbivore systems. Trait modification of plants as a result of herbivory is very common and widespread in terrestrial plants, and this initiates indirect interactions between organisms that utilise the same host plant. This 2007 book argues that food webs by themselves are inadequate models for understanding ecological communities, because they ignore important indirect, nontrophic links. This subject is of great importance in understanding not only community organisation but also in identifying the underlying mechanisms of maintenance of biodiversity in nature. This book will be an invaluable resource for researchers and graduate students interested in community and population ecology, evolutionary biology, biodiversity, botany and entomology.
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9780511542701 (ebook)
9780521850391 (hardback)
9781107406490 (paperback)
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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