| Ant-Plant Interactions: Impacts of Humans on Terrestrial Ecosystems Contributor(s): Oliveira, Paulo S. (Editor), Koptur, Suzanne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 110715975X ISBN-13: 9781107159754 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $95.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology |
| Dewey: 595.796 |
| LCCN: 2017009647 |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.96" W x 10.07" (2.34 lbs) 452 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ants are probably the most dominant insect family on earth, and flowering plants have been the dominant plant group on land for more than 100 million years. In recent decades, human activities have degraded natural environments with unparalleled speed and scale, making it increasingly apparent that interspecific interactions vary not only under different ecological conditions and across habitats, but also according to anthropogenic global change. This is the first volume entirely devoted to the anthropogenic effects on the interactions between these two major components of terrestrial ecosystems. A first-rate team of contributors report their research from a variety of temperate and tropical ecosystems worldwide, including South, Central and North America, Africa, Japan, Polynesia, Indonesia and Australia. It provides an in-depth summary of the current understanding for researchers already acquainted with insect-plant interactions, yet is written at a level to offer a window into the ecology of ant-plant interactions for the mostly uninitiated international scientific community. |
Contributor Bio(s): Oliveira, Paulo S.: - Paulo S. Oliveira is Professor of Ecology at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. His research is on the natural history, ecology and behaviour of tropical ants. He is past President and Honorary Fellow of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. He has co-authored and co-edited two books.Koptur, Suzanne: - Suzanne Koptur is Professor of Biological Sciences at Florida International University, teaching courses in ecology and botany to undergraduate and graduate students. She has published extensively on plant-animal interactions, especially anti-herbivore defence of plants and pollination ecology. |