Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 458 pages
- Published by: Cambridge University Press January 22, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0521850398
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521850391
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Book Dimensions:
9.8 x 6.9 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 2.3 pounds
Product Description
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 of biodiversity in nature. This book will be an invaluable resource for researchers and graduate students interested in community and population ecology, evolutionary biology, biodiversity, botany and entomology.
About The Author
Takayuki Ohgushi is a Professor at the Center for Ecological Research at Kyoto University. Timothy P. Craig is an Associate Professor of Biology at the
University of Minnesota in Duluth. Peter W. Price is Regents' Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biological Sciences at Northern Arizona University.
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