Mutualistic interactions between ants and plants involve rewards offered by plants and services performed by ants in a mutually advantageous relationship. The rewards are principally food and/or nest sites, and ants in turn perform a number of services for plants: they disperse and plant seeds; they...

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1. Verfasser:	Beattie, Andrew J. 1943- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1985
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge studies in ecology
Schlagworte:	Ökologie Ants / Ecology Ants / Evolution Insect-plant relationships Plant ecology Plants / Evolution Insects / Ecology Insects / Evolution Pflanzen Ameisen Mutualismus Pflanzenökologie Phylogenie
Online-Zugang:	BSB01 FHN01 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	Mutualistic interactions between ants and plants involve rewards offered by plants and services performed by ants in a mutually advantageous relationship. The rewards are principally food and/or nest sites, and ants in turn perform a number of services for plants: they disperse and plant seeds; they protect foliage, buds, and reproductive structures from enemies such as herbivores and seed predators; they fertilize plants with essential nutrients; and they may sometimes function as pollinators. In this book, initially published in 1985, Professor Beattie reviews the fascinating natural history of ant–plant interactions, discusses the scientific evidence for the mutualistic nature of these relationships, and reaches some conclusions about the ecological and evolutionary processes that mold them. This important work explores the natural history, experimental approach, and integration with contemporary evolutionary and ecological literature of the time will appeal to a wide variety of biologists
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (x, 182 pages)
ISBN:	9780511721878
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511721878