All Flesh Is Grass Plant-Animal Interrelationships /

This new book takes us through a journey from early life to modern agriculture. The thirty eight authors present current studies on the interrelation of plants-animals. This topic has always fascinated man, as evidenced even by the first chapters of Genesis. The world of aqueous and terrestrial faun...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Seckbach, Joseph (Editor ), Dubinsky, Zvy (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Colección:Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 16
Temas:
Agriculture.
Ecology .
Biotic communities.
Plant ecology.
Ecology.
Ecosystems.
Plant Ecology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction . [Seckbach, J.]
  • List of authors and their addresses
  • PART 1: EVOLUTION
  • Evolution of Plant-Animal Interactions. [Chela-Flores, J., et al.]
  • PART 2: INSECTS INTERACTIONS
  • The Leaf Cutting Ant-Plant Interaction from a Microbial Ecology Perspective. [Abril A.]
  • Intestinal Spirochetes of Termites. [König, H. and Dröge, S.]
  • The Plant-Aphid Universe. [Iluz, D.]
  • Insect-Plant Interactions: The Gall Factor. [Raman, A.]
  • PART 3: POLLINATION AND SEED DISPERSAL
  • Ants as Pollinators of Plants and the Role of Floral Scents. [Rostas, M. and Tautz, J.]
  • Crop Pollination In Modern Agriculture.[Dag, A.]
  • Bee Cognition and Crop Pollination: Proven and Potential Applications. [Shafir, S.]
  • Zoochory - seed dispersal. [Iluz, D.]
  • PART 4: ANIMALS AND HUMANS INVOLVEMENT
  • Grazing Livestock, Our Connection To Grass: A Mediterra-Nean Insight: Why They Eat What They Eat, And How It Affects Us. [Landau, S.Y. and Molle, G.]
  • Herbivore - Plant Interactions And Desertification In Arid Lands. [Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y.]
  • Microscopic in Size: Macroscopic in Impact. Diatom-Human Interactions. [Kociolek, J. P.]
  • PART 5: PLANT DEFENSES
  • Biochemical Plant Defenses Against Herbivores: From Poisons to Spices. [Smith, C. M.]
  • The Xanthium Genus: Cocklebur Toxins Against Hostile Surroundings and Its Pharmacological Properties. [Seckbach, J]
  • PART 6: MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
  • The Diversity of Epizoic Diatoms: Relationships Between Diatoms and Marine Invertebrates. [Totti, et al.]
  • Epizoic Diatoms on Gastropod Shells: When Substrate Complexity Selects for Microcommunity Complexity. [D'alelio, D. et al]
  • Managing the Interactions Between Plants and Animals in Marine Multi-Trophic Aquaculture: Integrated Shrimp and Valuable Low Food Chain Organisms with Seaweeds. [Robledo, D. and Freile-Pelegrin, Y.]
  • Marine Microralgae/Cyanobacteria-Invertebrate Symbiosis: Trading Energy for Strategic Material. [Stambler, N.]
  • The Role of Rhodolith Beds in the Recruitment of Invertebrate Species: from the South-western Gulf of California, Mexico. Riosmena-Rodriguez, R. and Medina-Lopez M.A.]
  • Fueled by symbiosis foraminifera have evolved to be giant complex protists.[Lee, J. J.]
  • PART 7: CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
  • Ecophysiological Look at Plant Carnivory: Why are Plants Carnivorous? [Adamec L.]
  • Reversing the Roles of Predator and Prey: A Review of Carnivory in the Botanical World. [Rice, B.A.]
  • PART 8: OUTLOOK AND SUMMARY
  • Summary, Final Comments and Conclusions. [Dubinsky, Z. and Seckbach, J.]
  • Organism Index
  • Subject Index
  • Author Index.

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