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Ant-Plant Interactions (Hardcover)
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Ant-Plant Interactions (Hardcover)
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This book presents current research on all types of ant-plant
interactions, and concentrates on understanding these often complex
relationships in evolutionary and ecological terms. The range of
interactions varies from herbivory (leaf-cutter ants) to complex
symbiosis. Many ants prey on plant pests, thus protecting the plant
from harm, receiving in exchange nectar and/or nest sites. In some
cases the ants tend and protect other insects such as butterfly
larvae or Homopterans (which include the aphids and cicadas) which
may benefit the ants at the expense of both the host plant and the
other insects. Some ants are known to be seed dispersers, and in at
least one plant (cocoa) they appear to affect rates of pollination.
A significant proportion of these interactions exhibit a high
degree of mutualism, making this book part of a growing literature
on the ecological determinants of mutualistic behaviour. The
thirty-seven chapters by more than fifty contributors range in
geographical coverage from northern and southern temperate zones,
to the New World tropics, to Australia and south-east Asia. The
emphasis throughout, even in the more descriptive chapters, is on
possible explanations for observed phenomena. Workers in ecology,
evolution, and behaviour will welcome this compendium of
information on a subject that has become a modern testing-ground
for evolutionary ecology.
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