Title: Plant-animal interactions : evolutionary ecology in tropical and temperate regions /
Authors: Price, Peter W.
Publisher: J. Wiley,
Year: 1991
Subjects: Animal-plant relationships Congresses.; Ecology Congresses; Evolution Congresses; Evolution (Biology) Congresses
Abstract: 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. Bridging the separate spheres of research long characterizing temperate and tropical ecological science, Plant-Animal Interactions: Evolutionary Ecology in Tropical and Temperate Regions captures the essence of the galvanizing and broad-based attention now given to the once mysterious tropics. An outgrowth of an international symposium on Evolutionary Ecology of Tropical Herbivores held at UNICAMP, Brazil, this unique collaborative effort from leading scientists worldwide is the first comparative analysis of the existing ecological systems of temperate and tropical regions.^
Contents: Introduction : historical roots and current issues in tropical evolutionary ecology / Thomas M. Lewinsohn, G. Wilson Fernandes, Woodruff W. Benson, and Peter W. Price -- Comparison of herbivory and plant defenses in temperate and tropical broad-leaved forests / Phyllis D. Coley and T. Mitchell Aide -- Patterns in communities along latitudinal gradients / Peter W. Price -- Species richness, population abundances, and body sizes in insect communities : tropical versus temperate comparisons / John H. Lawton -- Comparison of tropical and temperate galling species richness : the roles of environmental harshness and plant nutrient status / G. Wilson Fernandes and Peter W. Price -- Fruiting plant-frugivore mutualism : the evolutionary theater and the ecological play / Theodore H. Fleming -- Variable composition of some tropical ant-plant symbioses / Diane W. Davidson, Robin B. Foster, Roy R. Snelling, and Pedro W. Lozada --^