Ecological Communities Plant Mediation in Indirect Interaction Webs

Name: Ecological Communities Plant Mediation in Indirect Interaction Webs
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ISBN: 9780521850391

ISBN-10: 0521850398

ISBN-13: 9780521850391

Edition: 2006

Authors: Takayuki Ohgushi, Timothy P. Craig, Peter W. Price

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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 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…

Book details

List price: $161.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/4/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 460
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.61" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English



List of contributors


Preface



Introduction



Indirect interaction webs: an introduction




Interaction linkages produced by plant-mediated indirect effects



Plant-mediated interactions in herbivorous insects: mechanisms, symmetry, and challenging the paradigms of competition past




Going with the flow: plant vascular systems mediate indirect interactions between plants, insect herbivores, and hemi-parasitic plants




Plant-mediated effects linking herbivory and pollination




Trait-mediated indirect interactions, density-mediated indirect interactions, and direct interactions between mammalian and insect herbivores




Insect-mycorrhizal interactions: patterns, processes, and consequences




Plant-mediated indirect effects in multitrophic systems



Plant-mediated interactions between below- and aboveground processes: decomposition, herbivory, parasitism, and pollination




Bottom-up cascades induced by fungal endophytes in multitrophic systems




Ecology meets plant physiology: herbivore-induced plant responses and their indirect effects on arthropod communities




Plant-mediated indirect effects on communities and biodiversity



Nontrophic, indirect interaction webs of herbivorous insects




Effects of arthropods as physical ecosystem engineers on plant-based trophic interaction webs




Host plants mediate aphid-ant mutualisms and their effects on community structure and diversity




Biodiversity is related to indirect interactions among species of large effect




Evolutionary consequences of plant-mediated indirect effects



Evolution of plant-mediated interactions among natural enemies




Linking ecological and evolutionary change in multitrophic interactions: assessing the evolutionary consequences of herbivore-induced changes in plant traits




Synthesis



Indirect interaction webs propagated by herbivore-induced changes in plant traits



Taxonomic index


Author index


Subject index