Ecological Communities

by Ohgushi, Takayuki; Craig, Timothy P.; Price, Peter W.

• ISBN13: 9781107406490
• ISBN10: 1107406498
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-16
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

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 2007 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.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Indirect interaction webs: an introduction

Interaction Linkages Produced by Plant-mediated Indirect Effects

Plant-mediated interactions in herbivorous insects: mechanisms, symmetry, and challenging the paradigms of competition past

Going with the flow: plant vascular systems mediate indirect interactions between plants, insect herbivores and hemi-parasitic plants

Plant-mediated effects linking herbivory and pollination

Trait-mediated indirect interactions, density-mediated indirect interactions and direct interactions between mammalian and insect herbivores

Insect-mycorrhizal interactions: patterns, processes and consequences

Plant-mediated Indirect Effects in Multitrophic Systems

Plant-mediated interactions between below- and aboveground processes: decomposition, herbivory, parasitism and pollination

Bottom-up cascades induced by fungal endophytes in multitrophic systems

Ecology meets plant physiology: herbivore-induced plant responses and their indirect effects on arthropod communities

Plant-mediated Indirect Effects on Communities and Biodiversity

Nontrophic, indirect interaction webs of herbivorous insects

Effects of arthropods as physical ecosystem engineers on plant-based trophic interaction webs

Host plants mediated ant-aphid mutualisms and their effects on community structure and diversity

Biodiversity is related to indirect interactions among species of large effect

Evolutionary Consequences of Plant-mediated Indirect Effects

Evolution of plant-mediated interactions among natural enemies

Linking ecological and evolutionary change in multitrophic interactions: assessing the evolutionary consequences of herbivore-induced changes in plant traits

Synthesis

Indirect interaction webs propagated by herbivore-induced changes in plant traits

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