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Herbivores : Between plants and predators / edited by H. Olff, V. K. Brown and R. H. Drent.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell Science, 1999.ISBN:
  • 0632051558
  • 063205204X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 591.54 21
LOC classification:
  • QH549.5
Partial contents:
1. What we know and do not know about coevolution: insect herbivores and plants as a test case / J. N. Thompson -- 2. The ecology and evolution of host plant range: butterflies as a model group / S. Nylin and N. Janz -- 3. Genetic variation in cytochrome P450-based resistance to plant allelochemicals and insecticides / M. Berenbaum and A. Zangerl -- 4. To leave or to stay, that is the question: predictions from models of patch-leaving strategies / P. Haccou, M. Sjerps and E. van der Meijden -- 5. The evolution of direct and indirect plant defence against herbivorous arthropods / M. W. Sabelis, M. Van Baalen and F. M. Bakker / [et al.] -- 6. Herbivore diversity and plant dynamics: compensatory and additive effects / M. E. Ritchie and H. Olff -- 7. Insect and nematode herbivory below ground: interactions and role in vegetation succession / S. R. Mortimer, W. H. Van der Putten and V. K. Brown -- 8. Competition for light, plant-species replacement and herbivore abundance along productivity gradients / J. Huisman, J. P. Grover and R. van der Wal / [et al.] -- 9. Cyclic grazing in vertebrates and the manipulation of the food resource / R. H. Drent and R. van der Wal -- 10. Herbivores, nutrients and trophic cascades in terrestrial environments / R. L. Jefferies -- 11. Digestive and ingestive adaptations of mammalian herbivores to low-quality forage / G. R. Iason and S. E. Van Wieren -- 12. Functional responses to resource complexity: an experimental analysis of foraging by beavers / J. Fryxell -- 13. Scaling up from functional response to numerical response in vertebrate herbivores / A. W. Illius and I. J. Gordon -- 14. Physiological flexibility and its impact on energy metabolism and foraging behaviour in birds / M. Klaassen -- 15. Community dynamics of vertebrate herbivores: how can we untangle the web? / C. J. Krebs, A. R. E. Sinclair and R. Boonstra / [et al.] -- 16. Plant-carnivore interactions: evolutionary and ecological consequences for plant, herbivore and carnivore / M. Dicke and L. E. M. Vet -- 17. Dynamics of consumer-resource interactions: importance of individual attributes / W. W. Murdoch, C. J. Briggs and R. M. Nisbet -- 18. Individual-based modelling as an integrative approach in theoretical and applied population dynamics and food web studies / W. M. Mooij and D. L. DeAngelis -- 19. Predator control in terrestrial ecosystems: the underground food chain of bush lupine / D. R. Strong.
Summary: This book brings together authors from different disciplines including evolutionary ecology, entomology, plant and animal ecology, biochemistry, physiology and behavioural ecology. By taking herbivores as the point of focus, it provides a series of comprehensive reviews emphasizing the links between these different fields of interest. The book provides an up-to-date overview of knowledge in the field, and suggests many interesting directions for future research.
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1. What we know and do not know about coevolution: insect herbivores and plants as a test case / J. N. Thompson -- 2. The ecology and evolution of host plant range: butterflies as a model group / S. Nylin and N. Janz -- 3. Genetic variation in cytochrome P450-based resistance to plant allelochemicals and insecticides / M. Berenbaum and A. Zangerl -- 4. To leave or to stay, that is the question: predictions from models of patch-leaving strategies / P. Haccou, M. Sjerps and E. van der Meijden -- 5. The evolution of direct and indirect plant defence against herbivorous arthropods / M. W. Sabelis, M. Van Baalen and F. M. Bakker / [et al.] -- 6. Herbivore diversity and plant dynamics: compensatory and additive effects / M. E. Ritchie and H. Olff -- 7. Insect and nematode herbivory below ground: interactions and role in vegetation succession / S. R. Mortimer, W. H. Van der Putten and V. K. Brown -- 8. Competition for light, plant-species replacement and herbivore abundance along productivity gradients / J. Huisman, J. P. Grover and R. van der Wal / [et al.] -- 9. Cyclic grazing in vertebrates and the manipulation of the food resource / R. H. Drent and R. van der Wal -- 10. Herbivores, nutrients and trophic cascades in terrestrial environments / R. L. Jefferies -- 11. Digestive and ingestive adaptations of mammalian herbivores to low-quality forage / G. R. Iason and S. E. Van Wieren -- 12. Functional responses to resource complexity: an experimental analysis of foraging by beavers / J. Fryxell -- 13. Scaling up from functional response to numerical response in vertebrate herbivores / A. W. Illius and I. J. Gordon -- 14. Physiological flexibility and its impact on energy metabolism and foraging behaviour in birds / M. Klaassen -- 15. Community dynamics of vertebrate herbivores: how can we untangle the web? / C. J. Krebs, A. R. E. Sinclair and R. Boonstra / [et al.] -- 16. Plant-carnivore interactions: evolutionary and ecological consequences for plant, herbivore and carnivore / M. Dicke and L. E. M. Vet -- 17. Dynamics of consumer-resource interactions: importance of individual attributes / W. W. Murdoch, C. J. Briggs and R. M. Nisbet -- 18. Individual-based modelling as an integrative approach in theoretical and applied population dynamics and food web studies / W. M. Mooij and D. L. DeAngelis -- 19. Predator control in terrestrial ecosystems: the underground food chain of bush lupine / D. R. Strong.

This book brings together authors from different disciplines including evolutionary ecology, entomology, plant and animal ecology, biochemistry, physiology and behavioural ecology. By taking herbivores as the point of focus, it provides a series of comprehensive reviews emphasizing the links between these different fields of interest. The book provides an up-to-date overview of knowledge in the field, and suggests many interesting directions for future research.