The Evolutionary Ecology of Ant–Plant Mutualisms Paperback / softback
by Andrew James Beattie
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Ecology series
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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.
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- Pages:194 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:26/08/2010
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- ISBN:9780521272728
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:194 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:26/08/2010
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- ISBN:9780521272728