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020 _a9780511721878 (ebook)
020 _z9780521252812 (hardback)
020 _z9780521272728 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aQL568.F7
_bB36 1985
082 0 0 _a595.79/6/0452482
_219
100 1 _aBeattie, Andrew J.
_q(Andrew James),
_d1943-
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe evolutionary ecology of ant-plant mutualisms /
_cAndrew J. Beattie.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1985.
300 _a1 online resource (x, 182 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge studies in ecology
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aMutualistic 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.
650 0 _aAnts
_xEcology.
650 0 _aAnts
_xEvolution.
650 0 _aInsect-plant relationships.
650 0 _aPlant ecology.
650 0 _aPlants
_xEvolution.
650 0 _aInsects
_xEcology.
650 0 _aInsects
_xEvolution.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521252812
830 0 _aCambridge studies in ecology.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511721878
999 _c518011
_d518009