Plant-Animal Communication
(Sprache: Englisch)
A summary of the diverse communication systems between plants and animals. This book explains the theoretical foundations of communication and applies them to the diverse processes in which plants can act as prey or predators of animals. It lays out...
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A summary of the diverse communication systems between plants and animals. This book explains the theoretical foundations of communication and applies them to the diverse processes in which plants can act as prey or predators of animals. It lays out fundamental concepts such as deception, reliability, and camouflage and explains their evolution.
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Communication is an essential factor underpinning the interactions between species and the structure of their communities. Plant-animal interactions are particularly diverse due to the complex nature of their mutualistic and antagonistic relationships. However the evolution of communication and the underlying mechanisms responsible remain poorly understood.Plant-Animal Communication is a timely summary of the latest research and ideas on the ecological and evolutionary foundations of communication between plants and animals, including discussions of fundamental concepts such as deception, reliability, and camouflage. It introduces how the sensory world of animals shapes the various modes of communication employed, laying out the basics of vision, scent, acoustic, and gustatory communication. Subsequent chapters discuss how plantscommunicate in these sensory modes to attract animals to facilitate seed dispersal, pollination, and carnivory, and how they communicate to defend themselves against herbivores. Potential avenues for productive theoretical and empirical research are clearly identified, and suggestions for novel empirical approachesto the study of communication in general are outlined.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Plant-Animal Communication “
From the contents:Preface;
1: Communication and the Evolution of Plant-Animal Interactions;
2: Animal Sensory Ecology and Plant Biochemistry;
3: Animals as Seed Dispersers;
4: Visual Communication in Fleshy Fruits;
5: Evolutionary Ecology of Non-Visual Fruit Traits;
6: Flower Signals and Pollination;
7: The Potential for Leaf Colouration to Communicate to Animals;
8: Plant Crypsis, Aposematism, and Mimicry;
9: Chemical Communication by Plants about Herbivores;
10: Sensory Aspects of Carnivorous Plants;
11: Final Thoughts;
Glossary;
References;
Index
Autoren-Porträt von H. Martin Schaefer, Graeme D. Ruxton
Martin Schaefer is Associate Professor in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology at the University of Freiburg. His main research interests are the sensory ecology of plant-animal interactions in the three fields covered in this book, seed dispersal, plant defence and carnivory. He uses an integrative approach of combining biochemical analyses with theoretical modelling and experimental work. His work focuses on the behavioural ecology of vertebrates and invertebrates interacting with plants and on the plants themselves. His background in plant physiology and biochemistry will help to describe the proximate mechanisms involved in plant signalling.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: H. Martin Schaefer , Graeme D. Ruxton
- 2011, 296 Seiten, mit farbigen Abbildungen, Maße: 19 x 24,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199563594
- ISBN-13: 9780199563593
- Erscheinungsdatum: 07.04.2011
Sprache:
Englisch
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PlantAnimal Communication is a fascinating book, valuable to students and academics alike. It shows just how exciting studying communication is and why, despite decades of research, there is much left to discover and understand. Trends in Ecology and Evolution
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