Effects of resource distribution on animal-plant interactions. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mark D. Hunter, Takayuki Ohgushi, Peter W. Price.
• Other Names: Hunter, Mark D; Ohgushi, Takayuki; Price, Peter W
• Contents: Natural variability in plants and animals / Mark D. Hunter and Peter W. Price -- The impact of resource variation on population quality in herbivorous insects : a critical aspect of population dynamics / MaryCarol Rossiter -- Small-mammal herbivores in a patchy environment : individual strategies and population responses / Richard S. Ostfeld -- Plant genotype : a variable factor in insect-plant interactions / Arthur E. Weis and Diane R. Campbell -- Nectar distributions, pollinator behavior, and plant reproductive success / Beverly J. Rathcke -- Plant resources as the mechanistic basis for insect herbivore population dynamics / Peter W. Price -- Factoring natural enemies into plant tissue availability to herbivores / Jack C. Schultz. Resource limitation on insect herbivore populations / Takayuki Ohgushi -- Bottom-up versus top-down regulation of vertebrate populations : lessons from birds and fish / James R. Karr, Michele Dionne, and Isaac Schlosser -- Interactions within herbivore communities mediated by the host plant : the keystone herbivore concept / Mark D. Hunter -- Loose niches in tropical communities : why are there so few bees and so many trees? / David W. Roubik -- How do fruit- and nectar-feeding birds and mammals track their food resources? / Theodore H. Fleming -- Inter- and intraspecific morphological variation in bumblebee species and competition in flower utilization / Tamiji Inoue and Makoto Kato -- The thermal environment as a resource dictating geographic patterns of feeding specialization of insect herbivores / J. Mark Scriber and Robert C. Lederhouse.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (505 pages)
• Subjects: 574.5/24; Animal-plant relationships; Variation (Biology); Animal-plant relationships; Variation (Biology); Populatiedynamica; Plant-dier-relatie; Biodiversiteit; Relations animal-plante; Variabilité; Herbivores -- Populations; Diversité biologique; Phénotype; animal -- plante; Pflanzen; Wechselwirkung; Tiere; Ressourcen; Aufsatzsammlung; Variabilité biologique; Relations animal-plante
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080918815; 0080918816
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