Plant-Provided Food for Carnivorous Insects: A Protective Mutualism And Its Applications - Softcover

Wäckers, F. L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107414253 ISBN 13: 9781107414259

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

This book, first published in 2005, addresses food-mediated interactions, focusing on how plants employ foods to recruit arthropod 'bodyguards' as a protection against herbivores.

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Review

'The book is a useful contribution for enlarging the published knowledge about general plant-insect interactions, with emphasis on the interactions at more trophic levels than is usually considered. The text is logically divided into a short introduction and three specialized parts ... The structure of the book is straightforward: two chapters are devoted to branching processes overview, followed by more theoretical parts about models, and ending with three chapters full of examples and real data. The book can be used by many researchers and graduate students working on population dynamics ... I appreciate that the text is written with respect to students and that the language used is also friendly for non-native English speaking readers. Thus this book is a good way to start understanding speciation. The target group, however, is not only students or evolutionary ecologists; I can also recommend this book to each institutional/university library and to many population biologists.' Jitka Vilimova, Charles University

'...provides a novel perspective on plant-herbivore-carnivore relationships ... a timely review for entomologists and biological control specialists interested in the evolutionary and ecological importance of omnivorous multitrophic interactions. Its exhaustive literature review could be helpful to graduate students and researchers interested in food-web ecology in both natural and managed systems.' Environmental Entomology

Book Description

Written by an international team of experts and first published in 2005, this book is a topical commentary set to influence thought on plant-defence theory and evolution, and agricultural practice. This edited volume provides essential reading for all researchers interested in plant-insect interactions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107414253
• ISBN 13: 9781107414259
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 370