Multitrophic Interactions in Terrestrial Systems: 36th Symposium of the British Ecological Society

by Edited by A. C. Gange , V. K. Brown

• ISBN13: 9780521100557
• ISBN10: 0521100550
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-29
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Multitrophic interactions are now recognized as being very important in understanding the complexity of the natural world. This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to complex interactions across many trophic levels, and includes authors from disciplines as diverse as mycology, entomology, hematology, and population and theoretical ecology. Direct and indirect interactions between organisms from different trophic levels are emphasized.

Table of Contents

Preface

Interactions between Plants and Lower Organisms

Introductory Remarks

Bacterial antagonist-fungal pathogen interactions on the plant aerial surface

Interactions between beneficial soil bacteria and root pathogens: mechanisms and ecological impact

Interactions between fungi and plant pathogens in soil and the rhizosphere

Interactions between mycorrhizal fungi and rhizosphere microorganisms within the context of sustainable soil-plant systems

Interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and foilar pathogens: consequences for host and pathogen

Concluding Remarks

Plant-Microbe-Animal Interactions

Introductory Remarks

Interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizas and plant parasitic nematodes in agro-ecosystems

Interactions between insects and mycorrhizal fungi

Indirect interactions between insect herbivores and pathogenic fungi on leaves

Fungal endophytes, herbivores and the structure of grassland communities

A Catch 22: the utilisation of endophytic fungi for pest management

Concluding Remarks

Plant-Animal Interactions

Introductory Remarks

Induced responses in trees: mediators of interactions among macro- and micros-herbivores?

Host-plant mediated interactions between spatially separated herbivores: effects on community structure

Gall-inducing insect herbivores in multitrophic systems

Host-multiparasitoid interactions

Vertebrate effects on plant-invertebrate food webs

Concluding Remarks

Complex Animal Interactions

Introductory Remarks

Two's company, three's a crowd: host-pathogen-parasitoid dynamics

Community modules

Outlines of food webs in a low arctic tundra landscape in relation to three theories on trophic dynamics

Compartmentalisation of resource utilisation within soil ecosystems

Food-web patterns: what do we really know?

Concluding Remarks

Indexes

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