The Biology of Mutualism: Ecology and EvolutionDouglas H. Boucher The view of nature as `red in tooth and claw', as a jungle in which competition and predation are the predominant themes, has long been important in both the scientific and popular literature. However, in the past decade another view has become widespread among ecologists: the idea that mutualisms--mutually beneficial interactions between species--are just as important as competition and predation. This book is one of the first to explore this theme. Ideas and theories applicable to all sorts of mutualisms are presented and, where appropriate, examined in the light of concrete data. Themes explored include: the organisms involved, both animal and plant; how specializations evolved once mutualisms formed; how mutualisms affect population dynamics and community structure; and the role of mutualisms in different environments. The book will be of special interest to ecologists and a wide range of biologists. |
Contents
H Lewis | 29 |
The Natural History of Mutualisms D H Janzen | 40 |
Benefit Models of Mutualism Kathleen | 100 |
40 | 118 |
Department of Genetics Washington University | 144 |
Equilibrium Populations and Longterm Stability | 171 |
145 | 187 |
9 | 212 |
Departamento de Botanica Instituto | 213 |
The Population Dynamics of Mutualistic Systems | 250 |
The Dynamics of Microbial Commensalisms and Mutu | 270 |
Mutualism Limited Competition and Positive Feed | 305 |
Indirect Facilitation and Mutualism John Vander | 326 |
A Food Web Approach to Mutualism in Lake Commu | 344 |
Mutualism in Agriculture Douglas H Boucher | 375 |
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Addicott algae algal alism American Naturalist animals Annual Review ants aprovechado associations bees behaviour benefit Biology Boucher chemostat Coevolution commensalism community effects competition for mutualists competitors culture density Dinoflagellates dynamics equations equilibrium Evolution evolutionary example exhabitants facultative mutualist feed Feinsinger Figure fitness Floral flowers Foraging fruit fungi genetic Green Hydra growth rate habitat herbivores host cell hummingbirds increase indirect effects individual inhabitants input insects inter interspecific interspecific competition invertebrate Janzen Journal Levin mathematical matrix Mimicry Muscatine mutu mutualistic community mutualistic environment mutualistic interactions mutualistic symbioses mutualistic systems mycorrhizae N₁ N₂ natural nectar negative nitrogen nutrient Oecologia P₁ parameter parasites patterns phenotypes plants pollinator limitation population positive feedback predators prediction Press production reproduction resource result S₁ seed dispersal seed predation selection Smith stability studies substrate Symbiodinium Symbiosis Symbiotic tion traits Trench trophic levels Tropical Udovic unit of selective Valid paths Vandermeer variables Waser yeast Yucca zooxanthellae