Multitrophic level interactions / edited by Teja Tscharntke and Bradford A. Hawkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tscharntke, Teja, 1952-

Hawkins, Bradford A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multitrophic interactions (Ecology).

Physical Description:

vii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Summary:

Explores the complex interactions between plants, their herbivores and natural enemies.

Contents:

1 Multitrophic level interactions: an introduction / Teja Tscharntke, Bradford A. Hawkins 1

2 Plant genetic variation in tritrophic interactions / J. Daniel Hare 8

3 Multitrophic/multispecies mutualistic interactions: the role of non-mutualists in shaping and mediating mutualisms / Judith L. Bronstein, Pedro Barbosa 44

4 Tritrophic interactions in tropical versus temperate communities / Lee A. Dyer, Phyllis D. Coley 67

5 Endophytic fungi and interactions among host plants, herbivores, and natural enemies / Stanley H. Faeth, Thomas L. Bultman 89

6 Multitrophic interactions in space: metacommunity dynamics in fragmented landscapes / Saskya van Nouhuys, Ilkka Hanski 124

7 The chemical ecology of plant-caterpillar-parasitoid interactions / Ted. C. J. Turlings, Sandrine Gouinguene, Thomas Degen, Maria Elena Fritzsche-Hoballah 148

8 Canopy architecture and multitrophic interactions / Jerome Casas, Imen Djemai 174

9 Tritrophic below- and above-ground interactions in succession / Valerie K. Brown, Alan C. Gange 197

10 Multitrophic interactions in decomposer food-webs / Stefan Scheu, Heikki Setala 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521791103

OCLC:

47054768