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Defensive (anti-herbivory) Coloration in Land Plants (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)
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Defensive (anti-herbivory) Coloration in Land Plants (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)
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This book presents visual plant defenses (camouflage, mimicry and
aposematism via coloration, morphology and even movement) against
herbivores. It is mainly an ideological monograph, a manifesto
representing my current understanding on defensive plant coloration
and related issues. The book is not the final word in anything, but
rather the beginning of many things. It aims to establish visual
anti-herbivory defense as an integral organ of botany, or plant
science as it is commonly called today. I think that like in
animals, many types of plant coloration can be explained by
selection associated with the sensory/cognitive systems of
herbivores and predators to reduce herbivory. It is intended to
intrigue and stimulate students of botany/plant science and
plant/animal interactions for a very long time. This book is
tailored to a readership of biologists and naturalists of all kinds
and levels, and more specifically for botanists, ecologists,
evolutionists and to those interested in plant/animal interactions.
It is written from the point of view of a naturalist, ecologist and
evolutionary biologist that I hold, considering natural selection
as the main although not the only drive for evolution. According to
this perspective, factors such as chance, founder effects, genetic
drift and various stochastic processes that may and do influence
characters found in specific genotypes, are not comparable in their
power and influence to the common outcomes of natural selection,
especially manifested when very many species belonging to different
plant families, with very different and separate evolutionary
histories, arrive at the same adaptation, something that
characterizes many of the visual patterns and proposed adaptations
described and discussed in this book. Many of the discussed visual
defensive mechanisms are aimed at operating before the plants are
damaged, i.e., to be their first line of defense. In this respect,
I think that the name of the book by Ruxton et al. (2004) "Avoiding
Attack" is an excellent phrase for the assembly of the best types
of defensive tactics. While discussing anti-herbivory, I do
remember, study and teach physiological/developmental aspects of
some of the discussed coloration patterns, and I am fully aware of
the simultaneous and diverse functions of many plant characters in
addition to defense.
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